Legal Opinion
Rivera v. Nolan
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 10, 2008No. Civil Action 04-12717-RGSPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND RULING ON PETITIONER LUIS RIVERA’S CLAIM THAT HIS PETITION IS TIMELY APPLYING 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(D) (# 30) 1
COLLINGS, United States Magistrate Judge.
I.Introduction
Pro se petitioner, Luis Rivera (“petitioner”), who is currently serving two natural life sentences in state prison, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254(# 1), challenging his 1999 state conviction on two counts of murder in the first degree and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm. For the reasons set out below, the court 2 finds that the petitioner’s petition for…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Wood v. SpencerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
- Morales-Rivera v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- Brian Daniels, AKA Brian Triplett v. Alan M. UchtmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- United States v. LoudnerDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 2002
3Cited by2 opinions
- Rivera v. NolanDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2009
- Simard v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 2019