Opinion ID: 214621
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Text: We review de novo the district court's denial of Gaskins's petition. Yeboah-Sefah, 556 F.3d at 56. [T]he district court opinion, while helpful for its reasoning, is entitled to no deference. Healy, 453 F.3d at 25. Moreover, we may affirm the district court's decision on any ground made manifest by the record. Pina v. Maloney, 565 F.3d 48, 54 (1st Cir.2009). A federal court can grant habeas relief from a state court conviction only if the state adjudication was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law as determined by the Supreme Court; or if it was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the state court proceeding. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1)-(2); Grant v. Warden, Me. State Prison, 616 F.3d 72, 75-76 (1st Cir. 2010), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 131 S.Ct. 948, 178 L.Ed.2d 783 (2011). A state court decision is contrary to clearly established federal law if it contradicts the governing law set forth in the Supreme Court's cases or confronts a set of facts that are materially indistinguishable from a decision of the Supreme Court but reaches a different result. John v. Russo, 561 F.3d 88, 96 (1st Cir.2009). A court unreasonably applies clearly established law if it applies Supreme Court precedent to the facts of the case in an objectively unreasonable manner, Williams v. Taylor, 529 U.S. 362, 405, 120 S.Ct. 1495, 146 L.Ed.2d 389 (2000), such as reaching a result that is devoid of record support for its conclusion. McCambridge v. Hall, 303 F.3d 24, 37 (1st Cir.2002). A state court's factual findings are presumed to be correct unless the petitioner rebuts the presumption with clear and convincing evidence. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(e)(1); Torres v. Dennehy, 615 F.3d 1, 5 (1st Cir.2010), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 131 S.Ct. 1038, 178 L.Ed.2d 845 (2011). [9] This presumption applies to determinations made by both state trial and appellate courts. Clements v. Clarke, 592 F.3d 45, 47 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 130 S.Ct. 3475, 177 L.Ed.2d 1070 (2010).