United States Ninth Circuit

A federal habeas petitioner's state-court petition for post-conviction was "properly filed" under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's one-year limitations period, where a since-clarified ambiguity in Oregon law existed at the time of filing.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/07/2002
• Decided 05/20/2003
• Published 05/20/2003

Judges

• Before B. FLETCHER, O'SCANNLAIN, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven T. Wax and Lisa Hay, Federal Public Defender's Office, Portland, OR, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel J. Casey, Justice Department, State of Oregon, Salem, OR, for the respondent-appellee.