Sullivan v. Barwick

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION LEROY SULLIVAN, ) ) Petitioner, ) Case No. 22-cv-5706 ) v. ) Hon. Steven C. Seeger ) JOHN BARWICK, ) ) Respondent. ) ____________________________________) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Congress filled the habeas corpus hourglass with one year of sand. A state court prisoner has one year to file a habeas corpus petition in federal court, before all of the grains of sand fall to the bottom and time runs out. But sometimes the hourglass gets turned on its side, and the passage of time doesn’t count toward the…