Julius James Larry, III v. Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

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• holding that a state habeas application is not properly filed when it is filed before the judgment was final
• holding that petitioner’s state habeas application was not “properly filed”—and thus it did not toll the AEDPA limitations period—when petitioner filed his state habeas application before the court of appeals issued the mandate
• affirming denial of equitable tolling where petitioner’s own action prevented him from asserting his rights
• affirming denial of equitable tolling where petitioner’s own action prevented him from asserting his rights
• affirming denial of equitable tolling where petitioner’s own action prevented him from asserting his rights
• affirming denial of equitable tolling where petitioner’s own action prevented him from asserting his rights

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