O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether a California death row inmate's procedural default in state court bars federal review of his habeas claims.
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Arthur Calderon, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin (the "State"), petitions this court for a writ of mandamus directing the district court to vacate its order
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