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19-6685 Scott McLaughlin v. Anne L. Precythe, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections Eighth Circuit 2019-11-20 Denied IFP capital-case capital-cases capital-cases-habeas-corpus certificate-of-appealability certificates-of-appealability confrontation-clause eighth-circuit giles-v-california habeas-corpus pro-forma-denial procedural-due-process standard-of-review Whether the Eighth Circuit's pro forma practice of issuing unexplained blanket denials of COAs in capital habeas cases conflicts with 28 U.S.C. §2258 …