Larry Doby Smittie v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Dept. Of Correction

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• explaining that a federal court may not entertain a federal habeas corpus action if state court remedies are not exhausted unless the petitioner shows cause and prejudice
• pro se status and ninth grade education not cause for failing to pursue state-court remedies
• only if state remedy no longer exists does federal court consider procedural default
• pro se status and lack of education do not constitute cause

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