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ShareThe Supreme Court on Thursday appointed a former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas to argue in a case involving the application of the federal laws governing post-conviction relief for federal prisoners. In a brief order, the justices appointed Kasdin Mitchell, a partner in the Dallas office of Kirkland & Ellis, to defend the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Bowe v. United States, which will likely be argued in Apr…