1. Did the Ninth Circuit err in affirming the district court's denial of Kirk Saintcalle's petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that the state court's decision requiring him to show racism to establish a violation of this Court's holding in Batson v. Kentucky, rather than purposeful discrimination, was neither contrary to nor an unreasonable application of the law, nor an unreasonable determination of the facts?

Did the Ninth Circuit err in affirming the district court's denial of Kirk Saintcalle's petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that the state court's decision requiring him to show racism to establish a violation of this Court's holding in Batson v. Kentucky, rather than purposeful discrimination, was neither contrary to nor an unreasonable application of the law, nor an unreasonable determination of the facts?