CLIFTON v. CARPENTER

No. 13-5402.

775 F.3d 760 (2014)

Terry CLIFTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Wayne CARPENTER, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: December 24, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: D. Bruce La Pierre , Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, for Appellant. John H. Bledsoe , Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: D. Bruce La Pierre , Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, Brian C. Walsh , Bryan Cave LLP, St. Louis, Missouri, for Appellant. John H. Bledsoe , Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: ROGERS and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges; VAN TATENHOVE, District Judge.


OPINION

Terry Clifton's habeas corpus petition was denied because he failed to file his appeal in the Davidson County Chancery Court within the sixty-day period allowed for filing such appeals. Clifton attempted to file during that timeframe, but the clerk returned it unfiled because of unpaid...

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