Theotis Muhammad v. United States

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• finding an attorney's negligence or mistake is not generally an extraordinary circumstance, “however serious attorney misconduct, as opposed to mere negligence, may warrant equitable tolling.”
• finding an attorney’s negligence or mistake is not generally an extraordinary circumstance, “however serious attorney misconduct, as opposed to mere negligence, may warrant equitable tolling.”
• denying equitable tolling and stating that an attorney’s negligence or mistake as opposed to serious misconduct is not generally an extraordinary circumstance that could equitably toll one-year statute of limitations
• denying equitable tolling and stating that an attorney’s negligence or mistake as opposed to serious misconduct is not generally an extraordinary circumstance that could equitably toll one-year statute of limitations
• identifying the two prongs of an “equitable tolling” claim as “extraordinary circumstances” and “diligence”
• finding no extraordinary circumstances justifying equitable tolling where movant argued that he was detained in a separate housing unit for five months where he did not have access to the law library or his personal, legal materials

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