In Re Rains

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• holding that the dismissal of a § 2254 application as untimely is a decision on the merits
• “The dismissal of [petitioner’s] first habeas petition as time-barred was a decision on the merits[.]”
• The dismissal of a § 2254 petition as time-barred is a decision on the merits.
• “The dismissal of [petitioner’s] first habeas petition as time-barred was a decision on the merits, and any later habeas petition challenging the same conviction is second or successive and is subject to the AEDPA requirements.”
• “The dismissal of Mr. Rains’s first habeas petition as time-barred was a decision on the merits, and any later habeas petition challenging the same conviction is second or successive and is subject to the AEDPA requirements.”
• “The dismissal of [the petitioner’s] first habeas petition as time-barred was a decision on the merits, and any later habeas petition challenging the same conviction is second or successive and is subject to the AEDPA requirements.”

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