Alexander v. Cockrell

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• 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).