Woodward v. Cline

HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

Applicant David Woodward, a Kansas state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks a certificate of appealability (COA) to appeal the denial of his application for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (requiring COA to appeal denial of application). The district court dismissed the application as untimely. Applicant’s principal argument is that the limitations period for filing the application has not yet expired because the state court has yet to rule on a postconviction discovery motion that he filed in 1994. Because we hold that a postconviction…