OPINION OF THE COURT
ALITO, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a district court order granting Melvin Lewis's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court concluded that Lewis's constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel was violated by his attorney's decision not to interview and call a potential witness who could have purportedly bolstered a claim of self-defense and that this decision caused sufficient prejudice to necessitate...
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