Legal Opinion
Oropeza v. Pierce
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided April 9, 2014No. Civ. No. 11-396-SLRPublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Sue L. Robinson, District Judge
I. INTRODUCTION
Currently before the court is Kevin B. Oropeza’s (“petitioner”) application for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (D.I. 2; D.I. 25) For the reasons that follow, the court will dismiss petitioner’s § 2254 application as time-barred by the one-year period of limitations prescribed in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1).
II. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In November 1992, a Delaware Superior Court jury convicted petitioner of first degree murder, first degree conspiracy, and *440two related weapons charges. See State v. Oropeza, 2010…
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