Legal Opinion
Downes v. Carroll
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided December 7, 2004No. CIV.A.02-1565-KAJPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JORDAN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Petitioner William D. Downes is a Delaware inmate in custody at the Delaware Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware. Currently before the Court is Downes’ petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (D.I. 1; D.I. 2.) For the reasons that follow, I will dismiss Downes’ § 2254 petition as time-barred by the one-year period of hmitations prescribed in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1).
II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On the night of August 24,1994, Downes asked William R. Mariner to help him look for Downes’ girlfriend.…
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