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‘ cl earl y e st abl i shed F eder al l aw , ’ as l ai d o utby the S up re m e C ou rt . ” H ol leyv. Y ar bor ough , 5 6 8 F .3 d 1 0 9 1 , 1 1 0 1 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 9 ) ( q u o tin g 2 8 U .S .C . § 2 2 5 4 ( d ) ) . A le g a l p r in c ip le is “c le a r lye s tab lis h e d ” w ith in th e m e a n in g o f 2 8 U .S .C . § 22 54 (d)( 1) i f “ i ti s e m bo di ed i n a ho l di ng of [the S up re m e] C ou rt . ” T ha lerv. H aynes , 130 S . C t . 1171, 1173 ( 2010) ( c i t i ng Ca r e yv . Mu s la d in , 549 U . S . 70, 74 ( 2 0 0 6 ) ) . A l tho ug h the S up re m e C ou rthas s ai d the w ri tshou l d i ss ue “ w hen c o n s t i tu t i o n a l e rr o r s h a v e r e n d e r e d th e tr i a l f u n d a me n t a l l yu n f

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