MORRIS v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 18-14802.

991 F.3d 1351 (2021)

Richard MORRIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 25, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janice Louise Bergmann , Michael Caruso , Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

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

Before WILSON, LAGOA, and BRASHER, Circuit Judges.


Richard Morris appeals the district court's dismissal of his federal habeas petition as untimely. The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) sets a one-year statute of limitations for filing a federal habeas petition that challenges a state conviction. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1). The statute of limitations...

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