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LAMBERT v. BLODGETT

Nos. 03-35081, 03-35092.

393 F.3d 943 (2004)

Donald Eugene LAMBERT, Petitioner-Appellee, v. James BLODGETT, Respondent-Appellant. Donald Eugene Lambert, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James Blodgett, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 28, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Douglas Weisser and John Joseph Samson, Office of the Washington Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for the appellant and cross-appellee James Blodgett.

Patricia J. Arthur, Columbia Legal Services, Seattle, Washington; Nancy D. Tenney and Laura Mate, Federal Public Defender's Office, Seattle, WA, for the appellee and cross-appellant Donald Eugene Lambert.

Before: O'SCANNLAIN, RYMER, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

BYBEE, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to interpret and apply the standard of review mandated by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (1996), and to determine the meaning of the phrase "adjudicated on the merits," which acts as a prerequisite to AEDPA review.

In Washington state court, on December 10, 1997, fifteen-year-old Donald Eugene Lambert pled guilty to aggravated first-degree murder...

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