JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
The district court granted habeas corpus relief to David Morales after his claim had been denied on the merits in state proceedings. The state appeals, urging that the relitigation bar in the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA"), 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d), forbade the court to disregard the state courts' factual findings and legal conclusions. We agree, so we reverse and render a judgment of dismissal.
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