Legal Opinion

George C. Delancy v. Florida Department of Corrections, Michael Moore, Secretary, Respondents

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided April 18, 2001No. 00-14360PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Non-Argument Calendar.

1Per curiam

George Calvin Delaney, a pro se Florida prisoner, appeals the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 federal habeas corpus petition as time-barred, arguing that his Florida post-conviction motions tolled the one-year period of limitations under the Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”) for filing a federal habeas corpus petition. 28 U.S.C.A. § 2244(d)(2). Alternatively, Delaney argues that he is entitled to equitable tolling because counsel for his state post-conviction petitions advised him to file “extra motions,” thereby preventing him from making a timely federal…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Artuz v. BennettSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Wilcox v. Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
  3. Michael Alan Hurley v. Michael W. Moore, Secretary, Department of Corrections, Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General of the State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
  4. Weekley v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
  5. Benito Castro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2001

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Jerry Paul Henderson v. Donal Campbell, Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections, Attorney General for the State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
  2. Drew v. Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
  3. Philip Walter Jones v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2018
  4. Thompson v. Secretary, Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
  5. Anthony L. Estes v. Bruce ChapmanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004

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