Legal Opinion
Chavez v. Secretary Florida Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 25, 2011No. 10-13840PublishedCited by 656 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
Just as time waits for no one, there are limits on how long our legal system will wait for anyone to bring a claim. Those limits are expressed in and enforced by statutes of limitations and doctrines of repose. The statute of limitations involved in this case is the one that requires a prisoner seeking federal habeas corpus relief to file the petition within one year after the conclusion of his direct appeal. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d). The statute itself provides that the time spent litigating a properly filed state collateral attack does not count against the petitioner,…
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