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Felder v. Johnson. 204 F.3d 168 (5th Cir. 2000). An inmate sought habeas corpus relief and his petition was denied by the district court as time-barred. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the alleged inadequacies of the inmate's prison law library were not "rare and exceptional" circumstances that warranted...