Timothy Ross v. David Varano

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• holding that a party must show “reasonable diligence” in pursuing their claims in order to be entitled to equitable tolling
• holding that a party must show “reasonable diligence” in 2 Plaintiff does recount in this complaint interactions with caseworkers as late as April 2018. (ECF 1 at 8
• explaining that due diligence does not “expect Herculean efforts on the part of a lay person who is a convicted and incarcerated prisoner”
• holding attorney malfeasance may warrant equitable tolling “when combined with reasonable diligence on the part of the petitioner in pursuit of his rights”
• providing that “for a petitioner to obtain relief there must be a causal connection, or nexus, between the extraordinary circumstances [the petitioner] faced and the petitioner’s failure to file a timely federal petition”
• providing that “for a petitioner to obtain relief there must be a causal connection, or nexus, between the extraordinary circumstances [the petitioner] faced and the petitioner’s failure to file a timely federal petition”

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