JIMENEZ v. QUARTERMAN

No. 07-6984.

129 S.Ct. 681 (2009)

555 U.S. 113

172 L.Ed.2d 475

Carlos JIMENEZ, Petitioner, v. Nathaniel QUARTERMAN, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 13, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Goldstein , for Petitioner.

Sean D. Jordan , for Respondent.

Pamela S. Karlan , Jeffrey L. Fisher , Stanford Law School, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Stanford, CA, Scott T. Williams , Patrick G. O'Brien , J. Carl Cecere , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, Dallas, TX, Thomas C. Goldstein , Counsel of Record, Monica P. Sekhon , Won S. Shin , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, Washington, DC, Amy Howe , Kevin Russell , Howe & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD, for petitioner.

Greg Abbott , Attorney General of Texas, Kent C. Sullivan , First Assistant Attorney General, Eric J.R. Nichols , Deputy Attorney General for Criminal Justice, James C. Ho , Solicitor General, Sean D. Jordan , Deputy Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Rance L. Craft , Adam W. Aston , Assistant Solicitors General, Marta McLaughlin , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, Texas, for respondent.


The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) establishes a 1-year time limitation for a state prisoner to file a federal habeas corpus petition. That year runs from the latest of four specified dates. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1). This...

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