Carman v. Anderson, Tunstall & Co.

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• rejecting Plaintiff’s argument “that his mental condition is an extraordinary circumstance that justifies equitable tolling” and explaining that “[l]ack of education and even actual illiteracy . . . do not suffice as ‘extraordinary circumstances.’”
• “The diligence requirement at least requires that a prisoner act reasonably in accessing those resources that are available to him.”
• no equitable tolling when petitioner did not follow up on a request to his attorney regarding his appeal for two years
• appellate counsel’s failure to inform petitioner of milestones not a ground for equitable tolling
• lack of education and illiteracy do not suffice for extraordinary circumstances
• petitioner failed to supply documentary evidence of attorney’s purported behavior

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).