Legal Opinion
Baker v. Horn
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 15, 2005No. Civ.A. 96-0037PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge.
CONTENTS
I.Introduction 725
II. Factual Background .725
III. Review of Baker v. Horn, 210 F.Supp.2d 592 (E.D.Pa.2002) .726
A. Procedural History.726
B. Application of AEDPA.736
C. AEDPA Timeliness.737
1. Background.737
2. Statutory Tolling.738
3. Equitable Tolling.743
D. Exhaustion.749
E. Procedural Default.750
1. Procedural History of PCRA Petition of 1/15/97 .750
2. Actual Violation of Procedural Rules Relating to PCRA Withdrawal.753
3. Consistent Application of Rules Relating to PCRA Withdrawal.754
4. Pennsylvania’s “Relaxed Waiver” Doctrine.757
IV.…
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3Cited by13 opinions
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