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JACKSON v. DAVIS

No. 18-10526.

933 F.3d 408 (2019)

Willie Frank JACKSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Lorie DAVIS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED August 2, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Richard Hennies , Charles Robert Eskridge, III, Esq. , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Joseph Peter Corcoran , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Nathan Tadema , Office of the Attorney General, Financial Litigation & Charitable Trusts Division, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

We must decide whether Willie Jackson is entitled to equitable tolling of limitations for his federal petition for writ of habeas corpus. Because, under the specific circumstances presented, equitable tolling is appropriate, we reverse and remand.

I.

Jackson was convicted of aggravated robbery and...

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