KANNE, Circuit Judge. This appeal from the dismissal of Curtis Henderson’s petition for habeas corpus once again thrusts us into the morass of procedural default and waiver. We hold that a district court may, in considering a § 2255 or § 2254 petition, raise the question of procedural default sua sponte even where the state has failed…
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