Whether a state prisoner must dispel 'any potential justification' for a state court's factual finding, even when the prisoner was unjustifiably denied an evidentiary hearing and had no opportunity to develop the factual record

QUESTION PRESENTED Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(2), a state prisoner can obtain federal habeas relief only by showing that the state court’s denial of his claim was “based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the State court proceeding.” To meet the “unreasonable determination” standard, must a state prisoner dispel “any potential justification” for the state court’s factual finding, even where the state prisoner was unjustifiably denied an evidentiary hearing in state court and had no opportunity to develop the factual record? i