Supreme Court· 6/20/2005

Dodd v. United States

Citations

545 U.S. 353
125 S. Ct. 2478
162 L. Ed. 2d 343
2005 U.S. LEXIS 4847

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holding that the statutory language demonstrated that the limitations period and the petitioner's right to bring suit did not commence at the same time
holding that the statutory language demonstrated that the limitations period and the petitioner’s right to bring suit did not commence at the same time
holding that the one-year limitations period runs “from the date on which the right ... was initially recognized by th[e] [Supreme] Court”
holding that the statute of limitations for collateral attacks on criminal convictions may expire before the decision supporting the challenge became applicable
holding that the Supreme Court itself must initially recognize the right in question in order to trigger § 2255(f)(3)
recognizing that the time-bar for § 2255 motions creates “the potential for harsh results in some cases” but declining “to rewrite the statute that Congress has enacted”

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Judges: O'Connor, Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer

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