United States Ninth Circuit

28 U.S.C. section 2244(d)(1) is not a per se violation of the Suspension Clause of the U.S. Constitution, and the literal wording of that statute does not create a "trap" for Oregon prisoners who avail themselves of state remedies in a timely fashion.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/09/2003
• Decided 02/28/2003
• Published 02/28/2003

Judges

• Before:  WALLACE, TROTT and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Christine Stebbins Dahl, Assistant Federal Defender, Portland, OR, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jennifer S. Lloyd, Asst. Attorney General, Salem, OR, for Respondent-Appellee.