Farmer v. Baldwin

This case is before this court on a certified question of Oregon law from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Farmer v. Baldwin, 497 F3d 1050 (9th Cir 2007). Under federal law, a petitioner generally may not obtain a writ of habeas corpus without first exhausting the remedies available to him in state court. 28 USC § 2254(b)(1)(A). 1 To exhaust those remedies, the petitioner “must fairly present his claims in each appropriate state court,” in a manner that would “[alert] that court to the federal nature of the claim.” Farmer, 497 F3d at 1053 (internal quotation marks…