Emanuel Ayala Matias v. Masaru Oshiro and Tany S. Hong

BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we review a district court’s dismissal of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The issues are whether Matías had presented the ineffective assistance of counsel claim urged in the federal habeas petition to the state courts, whether the district court could interpret state statutes to conclude that there were no remaining state remedies, and whether the district court should have ruled on Matías’ contested contention that there was cause for, and prejudice from, his failure to present all his claims in his earlier state court proceeding.

Matías, a…