ROBINSON v. RICKS

No. 00-CV-4526(JG).

163 F.Supp.2d 155 (2001)

Larry ROBINSON, Petitioner, v. Thomas RICKS, Superintendent, Upstate Correctional Facility, Respondent.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

September 7, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel A. Brenner, East Northport, NY, Martin Geduldig, Hicksville, NY, for petitioner.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Kings County, Brooklyn, New York by Howard Getzler, Assistant District Attorney, for respondent.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GLEESON, District Judge.

Petitioner Larry Robinson seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The procedural history of his case raises an important question of statutory interpretation. The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA"), Pub.L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (1996), imposes a one-year limitations period on federal habeas petitions that begins to run, in most cases, on the date...

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