The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
Justice GINSBURG, with whom Justice KAGAN joins, concurring in the denial of certiorari.
The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 directs a federal habeas court to train its attention on the particular reasons—both legal and factual—why state courts rejected a state prisoner's federal claims. Only if the state court's decision "was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application...
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