Whitton v. Dixon · ¶26

Whitton then petitioned a federal court for a writ of habeas corpus. A state prisoner generally cannot receive federal habeas relief based on claims that he did not present in state court. Instead, before bringing a claim in habeas, he must have “exhausted the remedies available” in state court. 28 U. S. C. § 2254(b)(1)(A). And, for a “claim that was adjudicated on the merits in State court proceedings,” the federal court may not grant relief unless the state-court decision “was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law” or “was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts.” § 2254(d). Under these strict standards, a federal court cannot grant habeas relief unless the state court “blundered so badly that every fairminded jurist would disagree with the decision.” Klein v. Martin, 607 U. S. 213, 221 (2026) (per curiam) (internal…

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