Roy Bruce Smith v. Ronald Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections

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• holding that “civil action,” as used in the Prison Litigation Reform Act, does not include a habeas proceeding
• “Although a habeas proceeding is considered a civil action for some purposes . . . it is more accurately regarded as being sui generis.”
• \We have never held that a prisoner may claim a due pro- cess violation based upon his lawyer's performance on state habeas . . . .\

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