Vernon Lee Evans, Jr. v. Willie Smith, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Maryland

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• holding that federal habeas relief is not available for a claim adjudicated on the merits by the state court unless it resulted in resulted in a decision that was an unreasonable determination of the facts based upon the evidence presented in the state court proceeding
• “the standards that Congress has established for the filing of second or successive petitions account for precisely the type of situation[—Brady claims—]Evans alleges”

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