POSNER, Chief Judge. We consolidated and directed briefing and argument of petitions by two federal prisoners for leave to seek postconviction relief that the district courts thought barred by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. The principal question we must decide is when if ever a federal prisoner can use the habeas corpus statute, <span class="citation n…
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