BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
In 1991, Reginald Chavis was convicted of attempted first degree murder with the use of a weapon in Sacramento County Superior Court. He unsuccessfully challenged his conviction on direct appeal in California state courts and then filed two rounds of state habeas petitions. All of Chavis's state petitions were denied, and he filed a federal habeas petition on August 30, 2000. The issue before us is whether Chavis's federal petition...
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