Opinion ID: 222088
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: AEDPA Applicability

Text: Because Greenway filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus after April 24, 1996, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) applies. Lindh v. Murphy, 521 U.S. 320, 327, 117 S.Ct. 2059, 138 L.Ed.2d 481 (1997). Under AEDPA, we may disturb the state court's rulings only if they were contrary to or involved an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law as determined by the United States Supreme Court. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1). On appeal, however, we review de novo the district court's denial of a petition for habeas corpus relief. See Scott v. Schriro, 567 F.3d 573, 580 (9th Cir.2009).