Legal Opinion
Tony Bruce Bennett v. Christopher Artuz, Superintendent
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 25, 1999No. 1999PublishedCited by 155 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Chief Judge:
Tony Bruce Bennett appeals from Judge Gershon’s sua sponte dismissal of his ha-beas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 as untimely. The district court concluded that the petition was time-barred based on the fact that the petition was filed more than twenty-one months after the enactment of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”), Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (1996), and on our decision in Peterson v. Demskie, 107 F.3d 92 (2d Cir.1997), holding that prisoners whose convictions became final prior to AEDPA’s enactment have only a…
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