Legal Opinion
Michael Williams, Also Known as Darren D. Franklin v. James H. Bruton, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 20, 2002No. 01-1897PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), see 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1), provides a one-year statute of limitations on petitions for writs of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court dismissed Michael Williams’s § 2254 petition as untimely, and we granted a certificate of appealability on that issue. We reverse the judgment and remand the case to the district court.
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Although certificates of appealability are usually issued only when there is a “substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right,” 28 U.S.C. §…
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