Prophet Paulcin v. James R. McDonough

Prophet Paulcin, a Florida prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals the dismissal of his habeas corpus petition, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, as time-barred by the one-year statute of limitations of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (1996). We granted a certificate of appealability on whether the district court properly determined that Paulcin was not entitled to equitable tolling. Paulcin asserts he should have been granted equitable tolling for the time he spent in Santa Rosa County Jail, because he was totally deprived of access to his…