Legal Opinion
Sorce v. Artuz
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided November 10, 1999No. CV99-0608PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WEXLER, District Judge.
Joseph Sorce petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his 1993 state court convictions of various drug and weapons charges. For the reasons set forth below, the Petition is dismissed as time-barred.
BACKGROUND
I. Time Limitations For Filing a Habe-as Petition under AEDPA
The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”) imposes a one year statute of limitations on the filing of an application for a writ of habeas corpus. The one year period begins to run from the latest of:
• the date…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Calderon v. United States District CourtCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- James C. Flanagan v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- Anthony Ross v. Christopher Artuz, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- Rashid v. KhulmannDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1998
- Geraci v. SenkowskiDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1998
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Trapp v. SpencerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
- Redmond v. JacksonDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2003
- Martin Hodge v. Charles Greiner, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- Dunker v. BissonnetteDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2001
- Brooks v. McKeeDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2004
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