In Re: Wilson

How courts have described this case

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• reasoning that petitioner's diligence in pursuing relief is an important factor when considering equitable ’ tolling
• stating that “[e]quitable tolling is appropriate when an extraordinary factor beyond the plaintiff’s control prevents his filing on time”
• “A petitioner's failure to satisfy the statute of limitations must result from external factors beyond his control; delays of the petitioner's own making do not qualify.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Willie Manning v. Christopher Epps, Commissioner
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-07-17· cited 167×
• Sergio Lugo-Resendez v. Loretta Lynch
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-07-28· cited 153×
• Ex Parte Blue
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-03-07· cited 132×
• Mathis v. Thaler
  Fifth Circuit· 2010-08-20· cited 105×
• Sivoris Sutton v. Burl Cain, Warden
  Fifth Circuit· 2013-07-08· cited 95×
• Hardy v. Quarterman
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-08-03· cited 89×
• In Re Swearingen
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-01-26· cited 83×
• Dawson Farms, LLC v. Farm Service Agency
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-10-16· cited 75×
• Causey v. Cain
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-05-24· cited 64×
• In Re: Robert Madrid Salazar, Movant
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-03-17· cited 46×
• Banda-Ortiz v. Gonzales
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-03-28· cited 42×
• In Re: Mathis
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-04-02· cited 41×
• Menominee Indian Tribe v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 2014-09-02· cited 41×
• In Re: Andre Williams
  D.C. Circuit· 2014-07-22· cited 33×
• Paul Clarke v. Steve Rader
  Fifth Circuit· 2013-06-25· cited 31×
• Gonzalez Hernandez v. Garland
  Fifth Circuit· 2021-08-13· cited 29×
• Kinsel v. Cain
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-07-19· cited 26×
• In Re: Eric Cathey
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-05-11· cited 26×
• Alliance Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA
  Fifth Circuit· 2023-08-16· cited 26×
• In Re: Henderson
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-08-24· cited 24×

Cites

27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Rose v. Lundy
  Supreme Court· 1982-03-08· cited 5,808×
• Pace v. DiGuglielmo
  Supreme Court· 2005-04-27· cited 4,510×
• Atkins v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-20· cited 3,384×
• Duncan v. Walker
  Supreme Court· 2001-06-18· cited 2,368×
• Percy Stanley Harris v. Ronald Hutchinson, Warden, Maryland House of Corrections J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Maryland
  Fourth Circuit· 2000-04-04· cited 821×
• Fisher v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-05-24· cited 559×
• Ibrahn Ben Miranda v. Ray Castro, Warden Attorney General of the State of California
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-06-12· cited 482×
• Felder v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-03-10· cited 364×
• United States v. Key
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-03-03· cited 233×
• United States v. Riggs
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-12-30· cited 163×
• Fierro v. Cockrell
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-06-19· cited 138×
• Cousin v. Lensing
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-11-12· cited 138×
• Gary Graham, Now Known as Shaka Sankofa v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-02-26· cited 123×
• United States v. Kenneth Ray Martin
  Eighth Circuit· 2005-05-27· cited 113×
• Frank Smaldone v. Daniel Senkowski, Superintendent, Clinton Correctional Facility
  Second Circuit· 2001-11-16· cited 105×
• Paul Modrowski v. Stephen D. Mote
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-03-10· cited 103×
• Julius James Larry, III v. Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-04-19· cited 79×
• In Re: Kenneth Wayne Morris, Applicant
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-04-15· cited 70×
• In Re: Kia Levoy Johnson, Movant
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-06-10· cited 70×
• Ex Parte Soffar
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-02-11· cited 63×