Johnson v. Quarterman’s Empirical Analysis
483 F.3d 278 · 2007
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5 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Slack v. McDaniel · Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division · Lawrence v. Florida · Davis v. Johnson · Dennis Thurl Dowthitt v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
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“Johnson's counsel must have known that an attorney for the State has no authority to extend the statutory deadline established by Congress.” Id. Under the circumstances, where Johnson's counsel had nine months to file, waited until the last moment, and then relied on an agreement with the State (that the State denied making) when he missed the deadline, the Fifth Circuit held that Johnson was not misled and therefore not entitled to equitable tolling. Id. at 287-88 . 10 . We recognize that Sossa’s second motion to extend the filing date was labeled as an”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sossa v. Diaz
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