PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Elkie Lee Taylor appeals the district court's denial of Certificate of Appealability (COA), principally raising an Atkins claim. We deny COA.
I
The petitioner first argues that the federal district court improperly merged two statutory standards of review—the "clear and convincing" burden requirement of section 2254(e)(1) and the "objectively unreasonable" standard of section 2254(d)(2)—...
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