Legal Opinion
US EX REL COOKS v. Cowan
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided August 24, 2001No. 99 C 1368PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
GETTLEMAN, District Judge.
Petitioner Rodney Cooks has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Respondent 1 has filed a motion to dismiss the petition as time-barred by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“the AEDPA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d). For the reasons explained below, respondent’s motion is denied.
DISCUSSION
Petitioner filed the instant petition on March 1, 1999. Under § 2244(d) of the AEDPA, petitioner had one year from the date on which the judgment against him became final by the conclusion of direct…
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3Cited by1 opinion
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