Futrovsky v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that limitation period contained in AEDPA begins to run from the statute’s effective date for convictions that became final before the statute’s effective date
• holding that the one-year period of limitation included in AEDPA amendment to 28 U.S.C. § 2244 “d[oes] not begin to run against any state prisoner prior to the statute’s date of enactment”
• holding that the one-year period of limitation included in AEDPA amendment to 28 U.S.C. § 2244 “d[oes] not begin to run against any state prisoner prior to the statute’s date of enactment”
• stating that equitable tolling should be granted only if -5- “extraordinary circumstances” beyond a prisoner’s control make it impossible to file his petition on time
• allowing tolling where client was prejudiced by a last minute change in representation that was beyond his control
• allowing tolling where client was prejudiced by a last minute change in representation that was beyond his control

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).