Tony Alvester Faulks v. Douglas Weber

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 05-2364 ___________ Tony Alvester Faulks, * * Plaintiff - Appellant, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * District of South Dakota. * Douglas L. Weber, Warden, * * Defendant - Appellee. * ___________ Submitted: April 17, 2006 Filed: August 21, 2006 ___________ Before MURPHY, MELLOY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges. ___________ MELLOY, Circuit Judge. The district court1 dismissed Tony Alvester Faulks’s petition for post- conviction relief under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

as untimely. Faulks appeals, and we…