United States Eleventh Circuit
HELTON v. SECRETARY, DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS, 00-10097
Equitable tolling for habeas petition is proper where defendant was misinformed about the statute of limitations, and and inadequate prison library made it impossible for him to discover actual statute of limitations.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/21/2000
- Published 11/21/2000
Judges
- PER CURIAM:, Before TJOFLAT, HILL and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Eleventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Michael J. Neimand,Dept. of Legal Affairs, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant., Melvin S. Black, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.