SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This proceeding involves questions of novel impression. It finds its genesis in an application by Hector Santiago Rodriguez for permission to file a third habeas corpus petition seeking relief from his conviction, nearly three decades ago, for first-degree murder. Because the putative petitioner (who, for simplicity's sake, we shall refer to as "petitioner," without any qualifying adjective) fails to satisfy the statutory prerequisites for filing...
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