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pe t i t i on. W e ha ve j ur i s di c t i on pur s ua ntt o 28 U . S . C . § 2253, a nd w e va c a t e a nd r e m a n d . 1. T he di s tr i c tc ourtc onc l ude d tha tG r a y ha d note xhaus t e d C l a i m T w o, w hi ch al l eges i neff

ec t i ve as si st ance of coun se l (I A C ). O f the fi ve al l eged d e f i c i e n c i e s G r a y i d e n t i f

i e d , tw o w e r e f

a i r l y p r e s e n t e d t o th e Ca l i f o rn i aSu p r e me C our t : ( a ) tr i a l c ouns e l ’ s f a i l ur e t o r e que s ts e ve r a nc e of the tr i a l s o tha tda m a gi ng e v id e n c e o f

G r a y ’s a lle g e d d ru g c r im e s w o u ld h a v e b e e n e x c lu d e d a s irr e le v a n t; and (b) tri al coun se l ’ s f ai l ure t o u rge the courtt o al l ow the j ury t o v i ew G ray’ s e ar du ri ng del i bera t i on , as the j urors r equest ed. T he st at e habeas pet i t i on w as s uf f i c i e ntt o a l l ow the s t a t e c ourtt o a s s e s s w he the rthe s e de f i c i e nc i e s , e i the ra l one o r t o g eth er, co n st i tu t ed IA C . T o th e ex t en tG ray’ s fed eral IA C cl ai m rest s o n th ese a lle g e d d e f

ic ie n c ie s , th e c la im is e x h au s te d . Se e Ki m v . V i l lalobos , 799 F . 2d 1317, 13 20 -21 (9th C i r. 19 86 ). T o the ext entG ray’ s f

eder al IA C cl ai m re st s on the three other a l l eged d e f ic ie n c ie s n o t f

a ir ly p r e s e n te d to th e C a lif o rn iaS u p r e m e C o u r t –th e f a ilu r e s to m a k e tim e ly o b

je c tio n s , to c o n d u c t ap r o p e rin v e s tig a tio n o rto o b je c t to ille g a lly ob t ai ned evi dence – they are no texhaust ed. O n rem and, G ray m ustdeci de w hether he w i shes t o p ursue hi s I A C cl ai m l i m i t ed t o the tw o d ef i ci enci es fa i rl y pre se nt ed t o the C al i forni a S up re m e C ou rtor w hether he w i shes t o return t o st at e c ou rti n an3

a tte m p t to e x h au s t th e b r o a d e rI A C c la im . Se e J e f f e r s on v . B udge , 419 F . 3d 1013, 10 15 -16 (9th C i r. 20 05 ). 2. T he di stri ctcourtconcl ud ed thatG ray had no texhaust ed C l ai m F ou r, w hi c h a l l e ge s avi ol a t i on of G r a y ’ s r i ghtt o be pr e s e ntdur i ng the di s c us s i on of how t o r e s pond t o the que s t i on f r om the j ury . B utG r a y ’ s s t a t e pe t i t i on a l l e ge d tha the w a s d e n ie d th e “r ig h t to b e p r e s e n t a t a n y s ta g e o f th e p r o c e e d in g th a t is c r itic a l” a nd tha t“ [ t ] he c ourt ’ s de c i s i on t o r e f us e the j ury ’ s r e que s tw a s de ni e d w i thout G r a y ’ s know l e dge orpr e s e nc e , a nd vi ol a t e d G r a y ’ s r i ghtt o tr i a l by j ury a nd due pr oc e s s . ” P a rt i c ul a r l y i n l i ghtof the l e ni e nts t a ndar ds t o w hi c h pr o s e pl e a di ngs a r e h e ld , se e D avis v . Si lva , 51 1 F . 3d 10 05 , 10 09 n. 4 (9th C i r. 20 08 ), G ray a de qua t e l y s t a t e d ar i ghtt o be pr e s e ntc l a i m . T hi s c l a i m w a s f a i r l y pr e s e nt e d t o the s ta te c o u r t a n d is e x h au s te d . Se e V i l lalobos , 799 F . 2d a t1320- 21. V AC AT E D A ND RE MAND E D.