Aubrey Dennis Adams, Jr. v. Richard L. Dugger, Robert Butterworth

Part 1(A)(2), entitled “Procedural Bar,” is hereby vacated and the following is substituted in lieu thereof:

2. Abuse of the Writ and Procedural Bar

A district court need not consider a claim raised for the first time in a second habeas petition, unless the petitioner establishes that the failure to raise the claim earlier was not the result of intentional abandonment or withholding or inexcusable neglect. Rule 9(b) of the Rules Govéming Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts; Witt v. Wainwright, 755 F.2d 1396, 1397 (11th Cir.1985). Consideration of a claim also can be barred…