POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Kevin Johnson, a state prisoner, filed a petition for habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, which the district judge dismissed under Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 — a rule that authorizes the summary dismissal of a frivolous such petition. But then the judge — without explanation — granted Johnson a certificate of probable cause, thus certifying that Johnson had a non-frivolous ground of appeal. 28 U.S.C. &...
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