ACOSTA v. ARTUZ

Docket Nos. 97-2559, 98-2047, 99-2515.

221 F.3d 117 (2000)

Victor ACOSTA; Miguel Rivera; Dennis Acevedo; Dana Mozell, Petitioners-Appellants, v. C. ARTUZ, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility; Charles Brunelle; Walter R. Kelly, Superintendent; George Wezner, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 9, 2000


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie M. Smith, Englander & Smith, Tappan, New York, for Appellants Dennis Acevedo and Dana Mozell.

Florence Sullivan, Assistant District Attorney, Brooklyn, New York (Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney Kings County, Leonard Joblove, Amy Appelbaum, Assistant District Attorneys, Brooklyn, New York, of counsel) for Appellee Walter R. Kelley.

James A. Killen, Supervisory Assistant State's Attorney, Rocky Hill, Connecticut, for Appellee George Wezner.

Before: FEINBERG, PARKER, and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.


PARKER, Circuit Judge:

Dennis Acevedo (98-2047) and Dana Mozell (99-2515) appeal from the judgments of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (David G. Trager, Judge) entered December 18, 1997, and the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Alvin W. Thompson, Judge) entered July 27, 1999, dismissing their respective petitions for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 ("Section 2254") as untimely...

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