PETERSON v. GAMMON

No. 98-3358.

200 F.3d 1202 (2000)

Richard Dale PETERSON, Appellant, v. James A. GAMMON, and Jeremiah (Jay) Nixon, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Abele, Kansas City, MO, argued, for Appellant.

Stephen D. Hawke, Jefferson City, MO, argued (Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, on the brief), for Appellees.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD and HANSEN, Circuit Judges, and MELLOY, District Judge.


RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Richard Peterson appeals from the District Court's dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus as untimely. The petitioner argues that the District Court failed to apply correctly the one-year limitation period of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d), when computing his filing deadline. This statute provides a one-year grace period for filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus...

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