Pierre P. Lewis v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction

BYE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises the question whether the federal one-year statute of limitations for filing a habeas petition, 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1), should be tolled during the eighteen-month period in which Arkansas allows a prisoner to file a “belated appeal” of the denial of state court post-conviction relief under Arkansas Criminal Appellate Rule 2(e). Thrice before we have alluded to this issue, but for various reasons have not yet directly resolved it. See Watts v. Norris, 356 F.3d 937, 942 (8th Cir.2004); Wright v. Norris, 299 F.3d 926, 928 (8th Cir.2002); Mills v. Norris, 187…