JIHAD v. HVASS

No. 00-3114.

267 F.3d 803 (2001)

Hanifi JIHAD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Sheryl Ramstad HVASS, Commissioner of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: October 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Kay Ellis, St. Paul, MN, argued, for petitioner-appellant.

Donna J. Wolfson, Asst. County Atty., Minneapolis, MN, argued, for respondent-appellee.

Before LOKEN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Minnesota inmate Hanifi Jihad appeals the district court's1 dismissal of his habeas corpus petition as time-barred by the one-year statute of limitations enacted in the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA"), now codified at 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d). The principal issue is whether the district court should have equitably tolled the one-year limitations period during the time Jihad was "diligently...

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