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: but see
citation_a.identifier: 200 F.3d 597, 600
citation_a.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_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: see
citation_b.parenthetical: stating a court of appeal's decision "does not constitute clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court, SS 2254(d)(1), so any failure to apply that decision cannot independently authorize habeas relief under AEDPA"
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).