Currie v. Matesanz

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to determine whether an application for state post-conviction relief was “pending” for purposes of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”). Under AEDPA, state prisoners seeking federal habeas corpus review generally must file a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 within one year of the date on which their state convictions became final. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1). Before pursuing relief in the federal courts, however, state prisoners first must exhaust all available state post-conviction remedies. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b)(1).…