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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 8 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Antone v. Dugger.

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1 Antone v. Dugger Anchor
scotus · 1984
green “was appointed when execution was imminent and therefore did not have time fully to familiarize himself with the case.” 4
2 Jimmy Neuschafer v. Harol Whitley Attorney General for the State of Nevada, Respondents
ca9 · 1988
green “when a petitioner has ample time to seek collateral relief but inexplicably waits until the eve of execution to do so, he should not be heard to complain that time constraints prevented his counsel from identifying and exhausting all claims in time to include them in a single fe…” 4

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