Legal Opinion
Wood v. Spencer
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 15, 2007No. 06-2591PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is a case of first impression for this court. In it, a state prisoner challenges the dismissal of his federal habeas petition as untimely. This challenge rests on the proposition that the district court misconstrued and misapplied two limitations-extending provisions contained in the Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA). See 28 U.S.C. §§ 2244(d)(1)(B), 2244(d)(1)(D).
We have not previously had the occasion to analyze those provisions. We do so here and conclude that the petitioner has failed to show either (i) that he exercised due…
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