Paul Modrowski v. Stephen D. Mote

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that attorney incapacity is not grounds for equitable tolling
• holding that attorney incapacity does not warrant equitable tolling
• ruling that attorney incapacity does not warrant equitable tolling
• refusing to equitably toll the period of limitation for a petitioner whose attorney missed the filing deadline by one day due to mental incapacity
• affirming dismissal of a habeas petition that was one day late, filed on behalf of a prisoner serving a life sentence for murder
• rejecting attorney misconduct as a basis for equitable tolling because such conduct is “attributable to the client”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Artis Whitehead v. State of Tennessee
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2013-03-21· cited 254×
• Fleming v. Evans
  Tenth Circuit· 2007-04-03· cited 222×
• Thomas Socha v. Gary Boughton
  Seventh Circuit· 2014-08-14· cited 196×
• Downs v. McNeil
  Eleventh Circuit· 2008-03-24· cited 158×
• In Re: Wilson
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-03-16· cited 145×
• Joseph Lombardo v. United States
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-06-20· cited 135×
• United States v. Kenneth Ray Martin
  Eighth Circuit· 2005-05-27· cited 113×
• Rosado v. Gonzalez
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-08-10· cited 106×
• Glaus v. Anderson
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-05-17· cited 87×
• Tango Music, LLC v. Deadquick Music, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-10-23· cited 70×
• Paul T. Williams v. Larry Sims
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-12-01· cited 70×
• Gregory Scott Johnson v. Daniel McBride Superintendent, Maximum Control Facility
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-09-10· cited 60×
• Raymond Powell v. Cecil Davis
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-07-19· cited 52×
• Leroy Nolan v. United States
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-02-18· cited 43×
• Holmes v. Hardy
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-06-11· cited 27×
• Jimmie D. Poe, Sr. v. United States
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-11-06· cited 27×
• Zahrbock v. Star Brite Inn Motel
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 2010-09-08· cited 18×
• Marcus Conner v. Dennis Reagle
  Seventh Circuit· 2023-09-12· cited 17×
• Larry J. Nelson v. R. James Nicholson
  Veterans Claims· 2006-04-21· cited 12×
• AU Electronics, Inc. v. Harleysville Group, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2015-03-10· cited 12×

Cites

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

• 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×
• Seitzinger v. Reading Hosp. and Medical Center
  Third Circuit· 1999-01-15· cited 300×
• United States v. James Marcello and Anthony Zizzo
  Seventh Circuit· 2000-05-15· cited 290×
• Fahy v. Horn
  Third Circuit· 2001-02-09· cited 276×
• Steven Taliani v. James Chrans, Warden
  Seventh Circuit· 1999-08-31· cited 170×
• Terry v. Anderson v. Jon E. Litscher, Secretary
  Seventh Circuit· 2002-02-25· cited 159×
• Cousin v. Lensing
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-11-12· cited 138×
• United States v. 7108 West Grand Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, Feliberto Flores and Isabellita Flores, Claimants-Appellants
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-01-25· cited 123×
• Frank Smaldone v. Daniel Senkowski, Superintendent, Clinton Correctional Facility
  Second Circuit· 2001-11-16· cited 105×
• United States v. Wynn
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-05-31· cited 92×
• Billy Ray Ashley v. United States
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-09-12· cited 88×
• Kenneth J. Lloyd v. John R. Vannatta
  Seventh Circuit· 2002-07-24· cited 85×
• Douglas Beery v. John Ault
  Eighth Circuit· 2003-01-29· cited 74×
• Eric D. Johnson v. Gary R. McCaughtry Warden
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-09-07· cited 69×
• Lynn Brooks v. Jonathan R. Walls, Warden, Menard Correctional Center
  Seventh Circuit· 2002-02-01· cited 64×
• Earl Wilson v. John C. Battles, Warden
  Seventh Circuit· 2002-09-10· cited 60×
• Michael Kunik and Lisa Kretschmer v. Racine County, Wisconsin
  Seventh Circuit· 1997-01-30· cited 50×
• Horacio U. Montenegro v. United States
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-04-16· cited 50×
• Jerry L. Cantrell v. Knoxville Community Development Corporation
  Sixth Circuit· 1995-07-19· cited 40×
• Doherty v. Teamsters Pension Trust Fund
  Third Circuit· 1994-02-25· cited 38×