O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether the district court properly dismissed a petition for habeas relief for failure to exhaust state court remedies.
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In 1991, Phillip Jackson Lyons was convicted of kidnaping and robbery with use of a deadly weapon following a jury trial in a Nevada state court. Lyons appealed the convictions to the Supreme Court of Nevada. Citing only to decisions of Nevada and California state courts, Lyons argued...
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