United States Seventh Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is reversed where the district court erred in determining that the claim was not filed within the one-year period provided by 28 U.S.C. section 2244(d).

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/05/2004
• Decided 07/13/2005
• Published 07/13/2005

Judges

• WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, KANNE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael J. Petro (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Russell Kenneth Benton (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.