(DOWNLOAD) "Villegas v. Johnson" by Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Villegas v. Johnson
- Author : Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 09, 1999
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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Texas state prisoner Feliz Talaz Villegas appeals the dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court found that Villegas did not file his petition within the limitation period established by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (1996) ("AEDPA"). We conclude that the statute of limitations was tolled while Villegass second state habeas petition was pending. Because we exclude that time period from the calculus, we find that Villegass federal petition was timely. We therefore vacate the judgment and remand for further proceedings.