Legal Opinion
Roy L. Austin v. Betty Mitchell, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 25, 2000No. 98-3351PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Roy Austin, an Ohio prisoner serving a life sentence for aggravated murder, appeals pro se the district court’s dismissal of his habeas petition. The court ruled that the petition filed by Austin was barred by the one-year statute of limitations set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1). Our review of the record convinces us that the dismissal should be affirmed, but only partly for the reasons relied on by the district court.
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On June 19, 1986, after a telephone argument with his wife’s lover, Melvin Catley, Austin armed himself with a pistol, went to his rival’s house,…
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