Lum v. Penarosa

How courts have described this case

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• denial of an unexhaust-ed claim is appropriate “when it is ‘perfect ly clear’ that the petition fails to state ‘even a colorable claim.’ ”
• when a claim is “clearly without merit ... comity and federalism ... are better served if the federal court addresses the merits ... rather than sending the petitioner back to the state courts on a futile quest to exhaust ultimately meritless claims.”

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