Robert Brown v. Rick Thaler, Director

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge: *

Robert Brown appeals the dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus as barred by the one-year application deadline. We affirm.

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Brown was convicted in state court of aggravated robbery and impersonation of a public servant. After the intermediate court of appeals affirmed, he filed a petition for discretionary review (“PDR”) with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (“CCA”), the contents of which challenged only the robbery conviction.1 When his attorney filed the PDR, however, he affixed the appellate docket number designated for the impersonation…