Legal Opinion
Thomas Mickens v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 24, 1998No. 97-2734PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEARSE, Circuit Judge:
Until 1996, a federal prisoner was allowed to file an initial application challenging his sentence on federal grounds “at any time.” 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1994). Effective April 24, 1996, however, § 105 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA” or the “Act”), Pub.L. No. 104-132, § 105, 110 Stat. 1214, 1220 (to be codified at 28 U.S.C. § 2255), imposed a one-year limitations'period on the filing qf such applications. In. the present ease, federal prisoner Thomas Mickens appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern…
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