Legal Opinion
Horace Lee Dunlap v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 30, 2001No. 99-6456PublishedCited by 294 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CLAY, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner, Horace Lee Dunlap, appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his habeas petition, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, as untimely. The district court issued a certificate of appealability specifically on the question of whether equitable tolling applies to the one-year period of limitation in habeas cases, and whether, in any event, equitable tolling would be applicable in Petitioner’s case. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that equitable tolling does apply to the one-year limitation period applicable to habeas petitions, but AFFIRM the…
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