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Seventh Circuit· 2/12/2020

DeWayne Perry v. Richard Brown

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  • 950 F.3d 410

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  • concluding that district court erred by not having evidentiary hearing to determine if petitioner's aphasia—which affected his ability to understand any words—prevented him from timely filing habeas petition
  • explaining that prisoner can obtain proper legal information by looking up information in prison law library
  • stating that ignorance of a federal deadline is not an extraordinary circumstance beyond the applicant's control
  • explaining that a defendant with aphasia, which impaired his ability to speak, write, and understand words, may have been “unable to use language well enough to protect his interests,” including by not being able to “ask someone else to assist him”

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Judges: Easterbrook

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