Jackson v. Secretary for the Department of Corrections

Appellant Troy Jackson, a Florida prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals the denial of his habeas corpus petition, which he filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, as barred by the one-year statute of limitations under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA). We affirm.

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Because Jackson filed his petition after the effective date of the AEDPA, the provisions of that Act govern the instant appeal. On appeal, Jackson argues that the district court erred in denying his section 2254 petition as time-barred because (1) the state failed to raise this challenge to his petition in…