Legal Opinion
Williams v. McNeil
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 10, 2009No. 08-11259PublishedCited by 848 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBINA, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents a question of first impression for our circuit: whether a district court has discretion not to consider a petitioner’s arguments regarding the timeliness of his federal habeas petition when the petitioner raises the timeliness arguments for the first time in his objections to a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the district court has such discretion and, under the circumstances of this case, did not abuse its discretion. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s judgment of dismissal of…
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