POSNER, Chief Judge.
As one of the reforms of federal habeas corpus decreed by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, a prisoner must (with immaterial exceptions) commence his habeas corpus action within one year of the date on which his conviction became final. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A). But this period is tolled while "a properly filed application for State postconviction or other collateral review with respect to the pertinent judgment...
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