Scott Adeline v. James Stinson, Superintendent of Great Meadow Correctional Facility

Petitioner-Appellant Scott Adeline appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Sterling Johnson, Jr., Judge) dismissing, as time barred, his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The question presented is whether petitioner’s motions to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals of New York, which sought review of his conviction and were pending or brought on or after the effective date of the Antiter-rorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, were properly filed applications for state post-conviction relief…