Emerson v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “AEDPA’s one-year statute of limitations is tolled during the period in which a Texas habeas No. 08-1019 Sherwood v. Prelesnik Page 7 1 petitioner has filed such a motion [for reconsideration]”
• finding that we defer to state courts' application of state law when determining whether something is \properly filed\
• finding that we defer to state courts’ application of state law when determining whether something is “properly filed”
• holding that motions for rehearing properly filed within the limitation period toll
• finding that a motion to a state court for reconsideration of a petition for writ of habeas corpus must actually be filed to toll the statute of limitations
• finding “the rule at issue here seemingly provides no exceptions and does not require an examination of the merits of the [petitioner’s] claim”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

42 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Merritt v. Blaine
  Third Circuit· 2003-04-16· cited 245×
• Roberts v. Cockrell
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-01-24· cited 243×
• Joseph George Nara v. Frederick Frank
  Third Circuit· 2001-08-30· cited 189×
• Fierro v. Cockrell
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-06-19· cited 138×
• Lookingbill v. Cockrell
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-06-03· cited 131×
• Melancon v. Kaylo
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-08-06· cited 130×
• Julius James Larry, III v. Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-04-19· cited 79×
• Lynn Brooks v. Jonathan R. Walls, Warden, Menard Correctional Center
  Seventh Circuit· 2002-02-01· cited 64×
• Unnamed case
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-10-26· cited 54×
• Sherwood v. Prelesnik
  Sixth Circuit· 2009-09-03· cited 50×
• Wion v. Quarterman
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-04-29· cited 29×
• Daniel Siebert v. Donal Campbell
  Eleventh Circuit· 2003-06-23· cited 28×
• Lynn Brooks v. Jonathan R. Walls, Warden, Menard Correctional Center
  Seventh Circuit· 2002-08-23· cited 26×
• Grillette v. Warden, Winn Correctional Center
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-06-22· cited 23×
• Kevin Rice v. Edwin R. Bowen
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-06-28· cited 20×
• Wilson v. Cain
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-04-01· cited 13×
• Womack v. Thaler
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-12-21· cited 13×
• Parmley v. Norris
  Eighth Circuit· 2009-11-16· cited 13×
• Wardlaw v. Cain
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-08-12· cited 11×
• Clayborn Smith, Jr. v. Jonathan R. Walls, Warden, Menard Correctional Center
  Seventh Circuit· 2002-01-07· cited 11×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Artuz v. Bennett
  Supreme Court· 2000-11-07· cited 1,366×
• Ex Parte Lemke
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-03-08· cited 1,138×
• Feliz Talaz Villegas v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-09-14· cited 159×
• Steven R. Lovasz v. Scig Supt. Donald T. Vaughn
  Third Circuit· 1998-01-14· cited 158×
• Williams v. Cain
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-10-17· cited 131×
• Barr v. City of Columbia
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 123×
• Ex Parte Smith
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-07-15· cited 76×
• Smith v. Ward
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-04-07· cited 59×
• Elmore J. Williams v. Burl Cain
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-06-29· cited 49×
• Johnson v. Cain
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-06-20· cited 39×
• Ex Parte Graham
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-07-05· cited 22×