United States Ninth Circuit

Under 28 USC 2244(d)(2), filing of an extraordinary writ with the Nevada Supreme Court will toll the statute of limitations under the AEDPA as a "properly filed" state petition, even though Nevada law requires filing of post conviction relief in state district court.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/15/2001
• Decided 01/07/2002
• Published 01/07/2002

Judges

• TROTT, Circuit Judge:, Before:  BEEZER, TROTT, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael K. Powell (briefed and argued), Federal Public Defender, Reno, Nevada, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kevin R. Briggs (briefed), Deputy Attorney General, Ely, Nevada, for the respondent-appellee., Victor-Hugo Schulze, II (argued), Deputy Attorney General, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the respondent-appellee.