1. This Court in Brumfield granted federal habeas corpus relief, despite a lack of clearly established federal law, because the state-court decision relied on an unreasonable determination of fact. Here, the Ninth Circuit denied habeas relief on the theory that, because of a lack of clearly established federal law, a state-court determination of fact cannot be unreasonable. Did the Ninth Circuit's holding contradict Brumfield?

Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision contradicted Brumfield v. Cain by holding that a state-court determination of fact cannot be unreasonable due to a lack of clearly established federal law