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MICKENS v. U.S.

No. 97-2734.

148 F.3d 145 (1998)

Thomas MICKENS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 24, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Shapiro, Alexandria, VA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Stuart Altman, Assistant United States Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Zachary W. Carter, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Susan Corkery, Assistant United States Attorney, Brooklyn, NY, on the brief), for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: KEARSE and MINER, Circuit Judges, and POLLACK, District Judge.

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Until 1996, a federal prisoner was allowed to file an initial application challenging his sentence on federal grounds "at any time." 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1994). Effective April 24, 1996, however, § 105 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA" or the "Act"), Pub.L. No. 104-132, § 105, 110 Stat. 1214, 1220 (to be codified at 28 U.S.C. § 2255), imposed a one-year limitations period on the filing of...

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