POSNER, Chief Judge.
The stringent limitations that the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act places on the filing of a second or successive petition for habeas corpus (or its federal prisoner's counterpart, a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255) make it vital to determine whether a previous petition (or motion) was "the real thing" that ought to subject the petitioner or movant to those limitations. The essential point is that a prisoner is entitled to one...
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