The following excerpt is from White v. U.S., 990 F.2d 1266 (9th Cir. 1993):
We review for an abuse of discretion the district court's dismissal of a habeas petition as successive. Campbell v. Blodgett, 982 F.2d 1321, 1324 (9th Cir.1992). "A district court abuses its discretion when it bases its decision on an erroneous legal conclusion or on a clearly erroneous finding of fact." Id.
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