Legal Opinion
Ramos-Martinez v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 7, 2011No. 09-1856PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This case presents a question of first impression in this circuit: Is the limitations period for the filing of a federal prisoner’s habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f) subject to equitable tolling? We answer this question affirmatively, but— even though the petitioner raises a serious question about whether he was unlawfully deprived of the services of a qualified interpreter — we go no further; the record as it stands is insufficient to allow us to resolve the merits of either the equitable tolling claim or the substantive claims that underlie the petition.…
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