Downs v. McNeil

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “the limitations period expires on the anniversary of the date it began to run”
• “We note generally that equitable tolling would not be available for any period of time following December 4, 2001, when Downs’ federal limitations period expired.”
• under “anniversary method,” limitations period expires on one-year anniversary of the date it began to run
• “[E]ven a savvy petitioner, who may see the clock running out on his habeas time, can only cajole [or] plead with his counsel to file the petition timely.”
• “The district court interpreted § 2244(d)(1

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).