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CURRIE v. MATESANZ

No. 01-1108.

281 F.3d 261 (2002)

John F. CURRIE, Petitioner, Appellant, v. James MATESANZ, et al., Respondents, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry S. Pollack, with whom Amber R. Anderson and Dechert Price & Rhoads were on brief, for appellant.

Cathryn A. Neaves, Assistant Massachusetts Attorney General, with whom Thomas F. Reilly, Massachusetts Attorney General, was on brief, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to determine whether an application for state post-conviction relief was "pending" for purposes of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA"). Under AEDPA, state prisoners seeking federal habeas corpus review generally must file a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 within one year of the date on which their state convictions became final. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1). Before pursuing...

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