Donald Vedner v. Secretary, DOC

Donald Vedner, a Florida prison inmate, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his habeas corpus petition, filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, as barred by the one-year statute of limitations of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”), Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (1996). We issued a certificate of appealability (“COA”) on the following two issues:(1) [wjhether the district court properly dismissed [Vedner’s] 28 U.S.C. § 2244 petition as untimely in light of his Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.800(c) motion for reduction of sentence.(2) “[wjhether 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1)(D)…