MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to decide whether a district court may raise the issue of procedural default sua sponte, before the state custodian is served with, or files an answer to, a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition, when the default is obvious from the face of the petition.
BACKGROUND
Danny Boyd, an Oregon state prisoner, filed a pro se application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ...
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