Legal Opinion
Lynn Brooks v. Jonathan R. Walls, Warden, Menard Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 1, 2002No. 01-1584PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Our appeal presents a single but important question: whether the one-year period for filing federal collateral attacks on state criminal judgments, see 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d), has any effect on prisoners of Illinois. Section 2244(d)(2) excludes from this year any time during which “a properly filed application for State post-conviction or other collateral review with respect to the pertinent judgment or claim is pend ing”. See Artuz v. Bennett, 531 U.S. 4, 121 S.Ct. 361, 148 L.Ed.2d 213 (2000). A collateral attack that is untimely under state law is not “properly…
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