Legal Opinion
Mark v. Thaler
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 6, 2011No. 09-50672PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:
Godfrey Aaron Mark, Texas prisoner # 1237559, appeals the dismissal of his petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his Texas conviction for aggravated robbery. The district court dismissed Mark’s habeas petition as time-barred. This court granted a certificate of appealability (COA) to review the district court’s timeliness determination. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that Mark’s petition was timely, and therefore REVERSE the judgment of the district court and REMAND the petition for further consideration.
After Mark pleaded…
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