Reints v. WB Towing Inc.

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• holding that lack of notice of AEDPA amendments and ignorance of the law are not rare and exceptional circumstances that warrant equitable tolling
• holding that layman status and lack of knowledge of the law does not give rise to equitable tolling
• holding that “proceeding pro se is not a rare and exceptional circumstance because it is typical of those bringing a § 2254 claim”
• holding that ignorance of law and pro se status are insufficient to toll statute of limitations (collecting cases)
• holding that a prisoner’s actual ignorance of the AEDPA’s limitations period, even if attributable to the newly-enacted statute’s complete unavailability to inmates, does not serve as a basis for equitable tolling
• holding that a prisoner’s actual ignorance of the AEDPA’s limitations period, even if attributable to the newly-enacted statute’s complete unavailability to inmates, does not serve as a basis for equitable tolling

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