United States Eleventh Circuit
DREW v. DEP'T OF CORR., 99-4176
The statute of limitations for a habeas petition cannot be tolled for the time during which an untimely motion for post-conviction was pending before a Florida court, and petitioner's own lack of diligence precludes equitable tolling.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/18/2002
- Published 07/19/2002
Judges
- MARCUS, Circuit Judge:, Before BARKETT and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and O'KELLEY, District Judge.
Court
- United States Eleventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Thomas William Risavy, Miami, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- James J. Carney, West Palm Beach, FL, for Respondents-Appellees.