James Bethea v. Roy Girdich

James Bethea moves for a certificate of appealability, for leave to proceed informa pauperis, and for appointment of counsel, all to challenge a February 7, 2000, order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Sterling Johnson, Judge), adopting a January 10, 2002, Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Lois Bloom and dismissing Bethea’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 as time-barred under the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”), Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214. Because the District Court…