PAEZ v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 16-15705.

931 F.3d 1304 (2019)

Rolando Gus PAEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 31, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. DiRuzzo, III , Joseph A. DiRuzzo, III, PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Jeanine Germanowicz , Pam Bondi , Attorney General's Office, West Palm Beach, FL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, MARTIN, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.


This case involves a state inmate who filed a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for a writ of habeas corpus that looks to be untimely. It thus presents the question of whether in this circumstance a district court may, on its own initiative and without hearing from the State, decide that the statute of limitations bars...

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