POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Earnest White has applied to us pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3) for leave to file a successive motion to vacate, under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, his federal criminal judgment. We cannot grant him leave if his claim was "presented in a prior application." § 2244(b)(1). The claim (that he is not an armed career criminal) was not presented in his previous section 2255 application, but it was presented in his direct appeal from his conviction...
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