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Fifth Circuit· 6/15/1999

Turner v. Johnson

Citations

  • 177 F.3d 390
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 13173
  • 1999 WL 342487

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that petitioner’s unfamiliarity with the legal system or lack of representation does not warrant equitable tolling
  • concluding that a petitioner’s “illiteracy” did not amount to an extraordinary circumstance sufficient to warrant equitable tolling
  • holding that plaintiff’s unfamiliarity with the legal process during the filing period does not warrant equitable tolling
  • holding unfamiliarity with the legal process during the applicable filing period did not merit equitable tolling
  • stating that “we one-year statute of limitations leaves habeas peti- agree with the reasoning of the Tenth Circuit in tioners with some reasonable opportunity to have Miller
  • holding that the AEDPA limitations provision is not unconstitutional

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Judges: Reavley, Jolly, Garza

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