Legal Opinion
Wayne Peterson v. J.A. Demskie, Superintendent, Woodbourne Correctional Facility
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 5, 1997No. Docket 96-2878PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Chief Judge:
This motion for a certificate of appealability (“COA”) by a state prisoner seeking to appeal the denial of a petition for habeas corpus concerns the timeliness of a petition filed shortly after the effective date of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”), Pub.L.No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (1996). Wayne Peterson, proceeding pro se, seeks a COA in order to appeal the September 24, 1996, judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Charles L. Brieant, Judge), dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus on…
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