United States Fifth Circuit

The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's one-year limitations period for filing a habeas petition was not tolled by a Louisiana state prisoner's state court application for a writ of mandamus, seeking to have the state trial court ordered to rule on his habeas application.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/11/2002
• Published 07/11/2002

Judges

• RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Floyd J. Moore, Sr., Angola, LA, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Linda Kincaid Watson, Tallalulah, LA, for Respondent-Appellee.