Cameron Holbrook v. Cindi Curtin

OPINION

JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns the tolling of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) statute of limitations during the pendency of a State post-conviction motion. Cameron Holbrook, a Michigan prisoner, appeals the district court’s judgment dismissing as untimely his federal habeas corpus petition brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Based on the following reasoning, we REVERSE the order of the district court and REMAND the case for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

I. BACKGROUND

In 2008, Holbrook was convicted by a Michigan jury of…