Legal Opinion
Pruitt v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 3, 2001No. 98-3769PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from the district court’s order barring as untimely claims made by amendment to Ivory Joe Pruitt’s habeas corpus petition. The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) provides a one-year after conviction time limitation for bringing habeas corpus claims. For convictions prior to the AEDPA, habeas corpus claims must be filed within one year after the date of the Act. Petitions brought before the date of the Act are unaffected by the time limitations. The key question on appeal is this: when a petition for habeas corpus is filed before enactment of the…
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