With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". 1340. 13 . Id. at 567, 106 S.Ct. 1340. 14 . Norris v. Risley, 918 F.2d 828 (9th Cir.1990). 15 . 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) (emphasis added). 16 . Norris, 918 F.2d at 829. 17 . Mitzel v. Tat Cir.2005) ("Federal courts of appealfs] may not review state courts' interpretations of state law.''). 28 . See Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona, 520 U.S. 43, 58 n. 11, 117 S.Ct. 1055, 137 L.Ed.2d 170 (1997); see also Lockhart v. Fretwell, 506 U.S. 364, 375-76, 113 S.Ct. 838, 122 L.Ed.2d 180 (1993) (Thomas, J., concurring) ("In our federal system, a state trial court's interpretation of federal law is no less authoritative than that of the federal court of appeals in whose circuit the trial court is located."); People v. Williams, 16 Cal.4th 153, 190, 66 Cal.Rptr.2d 123, 940 P.2d 710 (1997) (<HOLDING>). BEA, Circuit Judge, with whom Circuit Judges

A: holding that federal courts are bound by state interpretations of state law
B: holding federal courts are bound by state court determinations of state law
C: holding that state courts in construing and interpreting state law are not bound by the decisions of federal courts
D: recognizing that decisions of lower federal courts interpreting federal law are not binding on state courts
D.