VALENTINE v. FRANCIS

No. 00-3660.

270 F.3d 1032 (2001)

Joseph L. VALENTINE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Rodney FRANCIS, WARDEN, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed November 8, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Kevin L. Fahey, PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, OHIO PUBLIC DEFENDER COMMISSION, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant.

M. Scott Criss, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, CORRECTIONS LITIGATION SECTION, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.

ON BRIEF: Kevin L. Fahey, David H. Bodiker, PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, OHIO PUBLIC DEFENDER COMMISSION, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant.

M. Scott Criss, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, CORRECTIONS LITIGATION SECTION, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: SUHRHEINRICH and SILER, Circuit Judges; HOOD, District Judge.


Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206

OPINION

SILER, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Joseph L. Valentine appeals the district court's dismissal of his habeas corpus petition as time-barred by the one-year statute of limitations set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A). We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1988, Valentine was convicted of murder with a firearm specification and sentenced to an aggregate term of eighteen years to life imprisonment...

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