Legal Opinion
Sanchez v. Gaetz
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 9, 2013No. Case No. 12 C 6717Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
MATTHEW F. KENNELLY, District Judge:
Deybi Sanchez, an inmate in the Illinois Department of Corrections, has filed a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 seeking to vacate his state court conviction and sentence for aggravated kidnapping and aggravated battery. Respondent Donald Gaetz, the warden of the prison where Sanchez is incarcerated, has moved to dismiss the petition as untimely.
A one-year limitation period applies to section 2254 habeas corpus petitions. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1). The clock starts to run from the latest of four dates. See id. §…
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