Court Opinion

ID: 9497847
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 17:01:36.780213+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:58:27.344146
License: Public Domain

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I agree with my colleagues that the district court did not heed AEDPA’s command that we afford a presumption of correctness to the findings of the state court. Failure to adhere to AEDPA’s command in this respect constitutes an error of law and requires reversal of the judgment.
My colleagues go on, however, to evaluate de novo the evidence of record and to determine that the petitioner has not shown that the evidence favorable to him establishes a reasonable probability of a different result. In my view, this evaluation belongs, in the first instance, to the district court.