when ▁a ▁prisoner ' s ▁' c laim ' ▁has ▁been ▁' ad jud ic ated ▁on ▁the ▁mer its ' ▁in ▁state ▁court ". ▁App lying ▁these ▁standards ▁to ▁the ▁facts ▁of ▁this ▁case , ▁Justice ▁Al ito ▁ruled ▁that ▁Ay ala ▁did ▁not ▁suffer ▁any ▁actual ▁pre jud ice ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁California ▁Supreme ▁Court ' s ▁opinion ▁" re present ed ▁an ▁entirely ▁reasonable ▁application ▁of ▁cont rolling ▁preced ent ". ▁Con sequently , ▁Justice ▁Al ito ▁held ▁that ▁the ▁N inth ▁Circ uit ' s ▁r uling ▁should ▁be ▁revers ed ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁case ▁should ▁be ▁rem and ed ▁for ▁re cons ider ation ▁in ▁light ▁of ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ' s ▁decision . ▁ ▁Con curr ing ▁opinions ▁Although ▁he ▁noted ▁that ▁his ▁support ▁for ▁the ▁majority ' s ▁opinion ▁was ▁" un qual ified ", ▁Justice ▁Anthony ▁Kennedy ▁wrote ▁a ▁separate ▁conc urr ing ▁opinion ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁question ed ▁the ▁propri ety ▁of ▁solit ary ▁conf in ement . ▁Justice ▁Kennedy ▁observed ▁that ▁since ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁Ay ala ▁had ▁spent ▁more ▁than ▁twenty ▁five ▁years ▁in ▁solit ary ▁conf in ement . ▁Although ▁the ▁conditions ▁of ▁Ay ala ' s ▁conf in ement ▁were ▁not ▁established ▁in ▁the ▁record , ▁Justice ▁Kennedy ▁wrote ▁that ▁" it ▁is ▁likely ▁[ he ] ▁has ▁been ▁held ▁for ▁all ▁or ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁past ▁ 2 0 ▁years ▁or ▁more ▁in ▁a ▁window less ▁cell ▁no ▁larger ▁than ▁a ▁typical ▁par king ▁spot ▁for