Dion Wilmont v. Scott Kernan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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…
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