context: As the district court held, "circuit law is not clearly established federal law as determined by the Supreme Court and is not, alone, a basis for the Court to grant habeas relief."
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 598 F.3d 612, 617
citation_a.parenthetical: "[Cjlearly established law as determined by [the Supreme Court] refers to the holdings, as opposed to the dicta, of [the Supreme Court's decisions]." (alterations in original
citation_a.sentence: See Renico v. Lett, — U.S. —, 130 S.Ct. 1855, 1866, 176 L.Ed.2d 678 (2010) (stating a court of appeal’s decision “does not constitute clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court, § 2254(d)(1), so any failure to apply that decision cannot independently authorize habeas relief under AEDPA”) (internal quotation marks omitted); Stanley v. Schriro, 598 F.3d 612, 617 (9th Cir.2010) (“[Cjlearly established law as determined by [the Supreme Court] refers to the holdings, as opposed to the dicta, of [the Supreme Court’s decisions].” (alterations in original) (citation omitted)); but see Duhaime v. Ducharme, 200 F.3d 597, 600 (9th Cir.2000) (stating Circuit law “may be persuasive authority for purposes of determining whether a particular state court decision is an ‘unreasonable application’ of Supreme Court law, and also may help [courts of appeals] determine what law is ‘clearly established’ ”) (citation omitted).
citation_b.signal: but see
citation_b.identifier: 200 F.3d 597, 600
citation_b.parenthetical: stating Circuit law "may be persuasive authority for purposes of determining whether a particular state court decision is an 'unreasonable application' of Supreme Court law, and also may help [courts of appeals] determine what law is 'clearly established' "
citation_b.sentence: See Renico v. Lett, — U.S. —, 130 S.Ct. 1855, 1866, 176 L.Ed.2d 678 (2010) (stating a court of appeal’s decision “does not constitute clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court, § 2254(d)(1), so any failure to apply that decision cannot independently authorize habeas relief under AEDPA”) (internal quotation marks omitted); Stanley v. Schriro, 598 F.3d 612, 617 (9th Cir.2010) (“[Cjlearly established law as determined by [the Supreme Court] refers to the holdings, as opposed to the dicta, of [the Supreme Court’s decisions].” (alterations in original) (citation omitted)); but see Duhaime v. Ducharme, 200 F.3d 597, 600 (9th Cir.2000) (stating Circuit law “may be persuasive authority for purposes of determining whether a particular state court decision is an ‘unreasonable application’ of Supreme Court law, and also may help [courts of appeals] determine what law is ‘clearly established’ ”) (citation omitted).