Socha v. Boughton’s Empirical Analysis

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9 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

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1. “[L]ack of representation is not on its own sufficient to warrant equitable tolling, nor is a petitioner’s lack of legal training. Prisoners do not have a constitutional right to the assistance of counsel in post-conviction collateral attacks. We cannot give the label “extraordinary” to a trait that applies to 92 percent of prisoners filing petitions. Nor is lack of legal knowledge, another feature shared by the overwhelming majority of prisoners, by itself enough to justify equitable tolling. The statutory deadlines would be meaningless if either of these common problems were enough to override the normal rules.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lombardo v. United States

2. “to file his federal habeas corpus petition. 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (d)(1)(A). Equitable tolling of AEDPA's one-year limitations period is an extraordinary remedy that is”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mayberry v. Dittmann

3. “'(1) that he has been pursuing his rights diligently, and (2) that some extraordinary circumstance stood in his way' and prevented timely filing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mayberry v. Dittmann