Leland W. Henderson v. Edward Cohn

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• concluding that a pro se petitioner's illiteracy did not establish cause for procedural default where the default had arisen from an approximate twenty-year delay in filing for state postconviction relief
• collecting cases holding that inability to read or write English does not constitute cause
• “[A] petitioner's failure to act or think like a lawyer cannot be cause for failing to assert a claim.”
• petitioner’s illiteracy and limited education insufficient to establish cause
• illiteracy and limited education do not con- stitute cause
• petitioner’s illiteracy and limited education insufficient to establish cause

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