RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:
Rodney Smith's federal habeas application having been dismissed as untimely under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A), at issue is whether his state habeas application, denied as time-barred pursuant to LA.CODE CRIM. P. art. 930.8, was "properly filed", within the meaning of § 2244(d)(2), so that the period for filing his federal application was tolled. We VACATE and REMAND.
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