Cleveland Knight v. Derrick Schofield

This case involves application of equitable tolling to the one-year statute of limitations for filing habeas corpus petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Cleveland Knight, while incarcerated, filed an application for habeas corpus in Georgia state court. It was .denied, but Knight did not learn of the denial until nearly eighteen months later. Five months after learning of the denial, Knight filed a § 2254 motion in federal court. The district court denied the motion as untimely. We reverse.

On June 27, 1988, Cleveland Knight was convicted of multiple felonies and sentenced to two life terms, plus…