GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
Hector Clyde Wood petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that the district court erred in holding that his claims were procedurally defaulted and that he failed to show cause for the default. The Oregon Court of Appeals had dismissed Wood's direct appeal under Oregon's fugitive disentitlement doctrine, which denies litigants who have fled the jurisdiction the right to pursue their claims in the state's courts.
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