Daniel Andrew Spottsville v. William Terry

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• concluding that equitable tolling was warranted because the petitioner relied on “the misleading 12 USCA11 Case: 19-10331 Date Filed: 03/10/2021 Page: 13 of 13 instructions” of a state court
• noting that equitable tolling “requires the examination of the facts in each case” (internal citation marks omitted)
• holding that a petitioner was entitled to AEDPA equitable tolling where he “relied on the misleading instructions” of and was “affirmatively mis- led” by a state habeas court when the court instructed the peti- tioner to file his appeal with the wrong court
• finding equitable tolling appropriate where the petitioner’s untimely filing was the result of the state court’s misleading instructions
• affirmatively misleading a prisoner to file incorrect documents or in an improper venue or at an improper time
• equitably tolling AEDPA’s statute of limitations where the state habeas court advised a pro se petitioner to file his appeal in the wrong state court, and the petitioner followed the state court’s misleading advice

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