Legal Opinion
Robertson v. Simpson
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 12, 2010No. 07-6191PublishedCited by 381 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.
Curtis Robertson filed his petition for a ■writ of habeas corpus approximately one month beyond the one-year statute of limitations. Robertson argues that the district court should equitably toll the limitation period because the untimely filing was a result of his attorney misadvising him of the deadline while using cocaine. The district court held that Robertson failed to meet his burden of proving that he was entitled to equitable tolling. We REMAND the case for a determination of whether Robertson’s attorney’s cocaine use and possible misadvice…
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