Legal Opinion
Thomas Socha v. Gary Boughton
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 14, 2014No. 12-1598PublishedCited by 199 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
This is the second time we have been asked to consider Thomas Socha’s struggle to have his federal habeas corpus petition heard on the merits. When we first considered Socha’s case in 2010, we held that the district court was not compelled to dismiss his petition for missing the deadline established by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA). See Socha v. Pollard, 621 F.3d 667 (7th Cir.2010) (Socha I). We sent the case back to the district court with instructions to evaluate several theories under which Socha’s action would be timely: whether the motion to…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- McQuiggin v. PerkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
- Holland v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
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3Cited by199 opinions
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