Legal Opinion
McGuinness v. Pepe
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 21, 2001No. Civ.A. 00-11546-WGYPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, Chief Judge.
Where you start frequently influences where you come out. Faced with a petition for federal habeas corpus relief filed by state prisoner Brendan M. McGuinness (“McGuinness”), the Commonwealth here promptly moved to dismiss on the ground that the petition is time-barred by the rigid one-year statute of limitations on ha-beas corpus petitions found in the Antiter-rorism and Effective Death Penalty Act 1 (“AEDPA”). 2 Fair enough.
I. THE COMMONWEALTH’S FLAGSHIP ARGUMENT
Recognizing that McGuinness is a “frequent litigant,” see Order of August 26, 2000 [Docket…
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- Block v. North Dakota Ex Rel. Board of University & School LandsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Kevin Smith v. Michael McGinnis Superintendent, Southport Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- Ronald Jones v. Willis Morton, Warden of Trenton State Prison Attorney General of the State of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Dale Swartz v. Meyers, Superintendent Pennsylvania Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by6 opinions
- In re ElliotSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2010
- Gordon v. JohnsonDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2014
- Caron v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2001
- In re GilletteSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2016
- Parker v. MassachusettsDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2013
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