United States Sixth Circuit

Denial of defendant's motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence for knowingly and intentionally possessing with the intent to distribute crack cocaine is reversed where, regardless of whether the district court erred in sua sponte raising the AEDPA's statute of limitations to find the motion untimely, petitioner was entitled to equitable tolling.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/02/2006
• Published 11/02/2006

Judges

• Before: GILMAN and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges;  DUGGAN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Noel J. Francisco, Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.  Benjamin C. Glassman, Assistant United States Attorney, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Noel J. Francisco, Gregory A. Castanias, William L. McCoskey, Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.  Benjamin C. Glassman, William E. Hunt, Assistant United States Attorneys, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellee.   Christopher L. Solomon, Lexington, Kentucky, pro se.