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Eighth Circuit· 7/10/2001

Michael Wayne Ford v. Michael Bowersox

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  • 256 F.3d 783
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 15432
  • 2001 WL 766785

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  • holding that a district court’s legal conclusions in a habeas proceeding are reviewed de novo
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Judges: Bowman, Fagg, Carman

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