The following excerpt is from Alejandrez v. Hedgpeth, Case No.: 1:12-cv-00190-AWI-JLT (E.D. Cal. 2014):
Indeed, federal courts are bound by state court rulings on questions of state law. Oxborrow v. Eikenberry, 877 F.2d 1395, 1399 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 942 (1989). "[T]he availability of a claim under state law does not of itself establish that a claim was available under the United States
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