Legal Opinion
Charles Brown v. Robert Shannon the District Attorney of the County of Philadelphia the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 17, 2003No. 01-1308PublishedCited by 174 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Chief Judge.
Charles Brown appeals from the order of the District Court dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus as time-barred under the applicable one-year statute of limitation. The appeal requires us to consider under what circumstances an attorney’s withdrawal of representation after failing to file a federal habeas petition warrants equitable tolling of the statutory limitation period. At issue is whether Brown is entitled to statutory or equitable tolling of the limitation period for the following three time periods: (1) April 26, 1997, to July…
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