Frederick Allen Noble v. Talmadge L. Barnett

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• noting that when a party is self-represented, his or her filings, “however unskillfully pleaded, must be liberally construed”
• discussing the same analytical difference between waiver doctrine and successive petition (abuse of the writ) doctrine
• “To demonstrate prejudice, a petitioner must show ‘actual prejudice’ amounting to a denial of fundamental fairness.”
• “In essence, the doctrine mandates dismissal of claims presented in habeas petitions if the claims were raised, or could have been raised, in an earlier petition.”

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