United States Eighth Circuit

Equitable tolling under 28 USC 2244(d)(2) does not exclude the time prior to the application of properly filing the state application for relief when the prisoner is allegedly "diligently pursuing" state remedies.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/05/2001
• Published 10/05/2001

Judges

• LOKEN, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Deborah Kay Ellis, St. Paul, MN, argued, for petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Donna J. Wolfson, Asst. County Atty., Minneapolis, MN, argued, for respondent-appellee.