Bridges v. Barnes

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• holding that mental incapacity justifies equitable tolling if the illness prevents the party from managing their affairs, which in turn affects their ability to understand their legal rights and act on their rights
• holding that “lack of legal training” is not an extraordinary circumstance
• explaining that petitioners must demonstrate reasonable diligence throughout the limitations period until the habeas petition is filed for equitable tolling
• stating that large time gaps between a petitioner’s actions to pursue his claims undermined a finding of reasonable diligence
• stating that large time gaps between a petitioner's actions to pursue his claims undermined a finding of reasonable diligence
• concluding no diligent pursuit where, after filing motion requesting an extension, petitioner filed seven months past the statute of limitations

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).