Christeson v. Roper, No. 14-6873 (U.S. Supreme Court) (575 U.S. ___; 135 S.Ct. 891) (January 20, 2015) (Per Curiam)
Loaded on June 29, 2015
published in Punch and Jurists
February 02, 2015
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OVERVIEW: HOLDINGS: [1]-Petitioner's motion to substitute habeas counsel was improperly denied where his appointed attorneys had missed the filing deadline for filing his first habeas petition, petitioner's best argument for equitably tolling the limitations period was the attorneys' own failure to satisfy the AEDPA's statute of limitations, and thus, there ...
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- Holt v. Hobbs, No. 13-6827 (U.S. Supreme Court) (575 U.S. ___; 135 S.Ct. 853) (January 20, 2015) (Justice Alito)
- Christeson v. Roper, No. 14-6873 (U.S. Supreme Court) (575 U.S. ___; 135 S.Ct. 891) (January 20, 2015) (Per Curiam)
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- Abbott v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, No. 12-35801 (9th Cir.) (771 F.3d 512) (October 27, 2014) (Judge Ronald M. Gould)
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