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The petition of the day is:

Jones v. Patterson
15-1463

Issue: Whether an order that affects the judgment under which a state prisoner is held in custody, but does not vacate that judgment, constitutes a new judgment that removes a second in time petition for writ of habeas corpus from the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act’s bar on second or successive petitions.

Cases: Jones v. Patterson

Recommended Citation: Kate Howard, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Jul. 5, 2016, 12:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2016/07/petition-of-the-day-958/