United States v. Gabaldon

How courts have described this case

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• holing that an inmate placed in disciplinary segregation and denied all access to his legal papers was entitled to equitable tolling
• finding that the complete confiscation of petitioner’s legal materials just weeks before his deadline to file § 2255 petition could constitute extraordinary circumstances for the purposes of equitable tolling
• concluding in the context of a § 2255 petition, “a complete confiscation of [the petitioner’s] legal materials just weeks before his filing deadline would constitute extraordinary circumstances for the purposes of equitable tolling”
• considering whether equitable tolling of the statute of limitations for a § 2255 motion, which uses the same standard that applies here, was warranted
• “[A] complete confiscation of [petitioner’s] legal materials just weeks before his [or her] filing deadline would constitute extraordinary circumstances for the purposes of equitable tolling.”
• prisoner made “the effort to research his claims thoroughly and set forth his arguments in as compelling a manner as possible”

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