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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Habeas Corpus,
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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, …
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More from this issue:
- Christeson v. Roper, No. 14-6873 (U.S. Supreme Court) (575 U.S. ___; 135 S.Ct. 891) (January 20, 2015) (Per Curiam)
- Holt v. Hobbs, No. 13-6827 (U.S. Supreme Court) (575 U.S. ___; 135 S.Ct. 853) (January 20, 2015) (Justice Alito)
- U.S. v. White, No. 13-4949 (4th Cir.) (771 F.3d 225) (November 17, 2014) (Judge William B. Jr. Traxler)
- U.S. v. Smith, No. 12-14842 (11th Cir.) (772 F.3d 680) (November 24, 2014) (Judge Edward E. Carnes)
- U.S. v. Boswell, No. 13-3641 (7th Cir.) (772 F.3d 469) (November 26, 2014) (Judge William J. Bauer)
- Abbott v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, No. 12-35801 (9th Cir.) (771 F.3d 512) (October 27, 2014) (Judge Ronald M. Gould)
- U.S. v. Dowell, No. 13-4576 (4th Cir.) (771 F.3d 162) (November 13, 2014) (Judge Paul W. Grimm)
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