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HERNANDEZ v. CALDWELL

No. 98-7640.

225 F.3d 435 (2000)

Petra E. HERNANDEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Carol CALDWELL; Mack Jarvis, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 28, 2000

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Letitia C. Echols, North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Clarence Joe DelForge, III, Assistant Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Linda B. Weisel, North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Before WILKINS, MICHAEL, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Reverse and remanded by published opinion. Judge MICHAEL wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINS and Judge TRAXLER joined.

OPINION

MICHAEL, Circuit Judge:

This appeal raises a new question about calculating the limitations period for federal habeas corpus petitioners whose convictions became final before the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) was signed into law. Petra Hernandez petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus...

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