Alexander v. Cockrell

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that equitable tolling “will not be applied where the applicant failed to diligently pursue” relief
• finding that the court’s prior decision suggested that Alexander could re-file a petition in federal court after exhausting his state remedies and the district court did not abuse its discretion in applying equitable tolling
• “Courts must consider the individual facts and circumstances of each case in determining whether equitable tolling is appropriate.”
• “The petitioner bears the burden of proof concerning equitable tolling . . . .” (citation omitted)
• equitable tolling allowed when circuit court’s previous opinion misled petitioner by stating he could later file for habeas relief
• petitioner has burden of demonstrating exceptional circumstances warranting equitable tolling

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

29 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States v. Petty
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-06-06· cited 179×
• Sergio Lugo-Resendez v. Loretta Lynch
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-07-28· cited 153×
• Cousin v. Lensing
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-11-12· cited 138×
• Mathis v. Thaler
  Fifth Circuit· 2010-08-20· cited 105×
• Riddle v. Kemna
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-04-08· cited 73×
• Paul T. Williams v. Larry Sims
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-12-01· cited 70×
• Trinity Marine Products, Inc. v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-02-08· cited 48×
• Carmona v. Andrews
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-01-29· cited 44×
• Fields v. Thaler
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-11-12· cited 33×
• State v. Alphonse
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2008-12-29· cited 16×
• Maria Penalva v. Jefferson Sessions, III
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-02-28· cited 14×
• Flores v. Quarterman
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-10-06· cited 12×
• Ranolls v. Dewling
  E.D. Texas· 2016-09-22· cited 11×
• United States v. Duval
  D. Massachusetts· 2013-07-17· cited 9×
• State v. Alphonse
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2008-01-07· cited 3×
• Dominguez v. Sessions
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-09-22· cited 3×
• Prieto v. Dretke
  W.D. Texas· 2005-07-07· cited 2×
• Chestang v. Alcorn State University
  S.D. Mississippi· 2013-04-15· cited 2×
• Smith v. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.
  S.D. Texas· 2014-08-20· cited 1×
• Humienny v. Government of Virgin Islands
  Virgin Islands· 2015-02-03· cited 1×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Fisher v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-05-24· cited 559×
• Felder v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-03-10· cited 364×
• Long v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-09-11· cited 294×
• Demosthenes v. Baal
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-03· cited 266×
• United States v. Patterson
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-05-09· cited 230×
• Phillips v. Donnelly
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-07-10· cited 222×
• Childress v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-01-10· cited 151×
• Reyes v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-05-18· cited 94×
• James Roy Carter v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-12-12· cited 48×
• Alexander v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-12-21· cited 30×
• Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. v. Becker
  Supreme Court· 2000-12-04· cited 26×
• Dyer v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-03-18· cited 14×