Legal Opinion

Dion Wilmont v. Scott Kernan

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided May 31, 2013No. 09-55988UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM *

California prisoner Dion Wilmont appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition. We affirm.

Denial of a habeas petition is reviewed de novo. Parker v. Small, 665 F.3d 1143, 1147 (9th Cir.2011) (per curiam). Under AEDPA, federal courts may grant relief to state prisoners only where the state court’s adjudication of a claim on the merits was either (1) “contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court,” or (2) “based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. Cullen v. PinholsterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  4. Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942

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