Legal Opinion
Riva v. Ficco
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 5, 2010No. 07-1998PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This case presents a question of first impression in this circuit: Can mental illness equitably toll the one-year statute of limitations for the filing of a state prisoner’s habeas petition contained in the Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)? We hold that the district court correctly answered this question in the affirmative. We nonetheless hold that the district court’s further determination that the petitioner was not entitled to equitable tolling rests on too unsteady a foundation. Consequently, we vacate the order…
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3Cited by63 opinions
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