Jean M. Belot, Jr. v. John W. Burge

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• holding it within the district court’s discretion to deny equitable tolling where the petitioner should have filed “an unpolished petition within the allotted time”
• holding the district court acted within its discretion in denying equitable tolling where the petitioner should have filed “an unpolished petition within the allotted time”
• suggesting that filing date of unpolished and incomplete petition should be considered the relevant filing date for statute of limitations purposes
• finding district court decision that temporary prison lockdown could not qualify as an extraordinary circumstance warranting equitable tolling was \arguably a matter of law\
• finding district court decision that temporary prison lockdown could not qualify as an extraordinary circumstance warranting equitable tolling was “arguably a matter of law”
• “[The] Appellate Division . . . denied [the petitioner’s] application for leave to appeal the denial [of his section 440.10 motion] on September 18, 2002. At that point, his limitation period began again to run.”

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