SMITH v. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY STANLEY CLIFF SMITH, Civil Action No. 20-202 (FLW) Petitioner, v. MEMORANDUM OPINION THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE & ORDER STATE OF NEW JERSEY, et al., Respondents. This matter has been opened to the Court by Respondents’ motion to dismiss the Petitioner Stanley Cliff Smith’s habeas petition (“Petition”) as untimely under The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (“AEDPA”) of 1996,

Pub. L. No. 104-132,

tit. I, § 101 (1996), and Petitioner’s motion for pro bono counsel. (ECF Nos. 13, 18.) For the reasons explained herein, the Court denies…