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Rodriguez v. Artuz

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Dec 21, 1998
161 F.3d 763 (2d Cir. 1998)

Summary

affirming for "substantially the reasons stated by the district court"

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Opinion

No. 98-2252

Argued: December 11, 1998

Decided: December 21, 1998

MARSHA R. TAUBENHAUS, New York, New York, for Petitioner-Appellant.

JOSEPH N. FERDENZI, Assistant District Attorney, Bronx County (Nancy D. Killian, Assistant District Attorney, of counsel), Bronx, New York, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: WINTER, Chief Judge, JACOBS, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.


Alfredo Rodriguez appeals from Judge Sotomayor's order dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus as untimely under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1). Rodriguez contends that application of the one-year statute of limitations in Section 2244 effects an unconstitutional suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. See U.S. Const., Art. I, § 9, cl. 2. We affirm for substantially the reasons stated by the district court. See Rodriguez v. Artuz, 990 F. Supp. 275 (S.D.N.Y. 1998).


Summaries of

Rodriguez v. Artuz

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Dec 21, 1998
161 F.3d 763 (2d Cir. 1998)

affirming for "substantially the reasons stated by the district court"

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affirming the dismissal of an untimely petition for a writ of habeas corpus as the one-year statute of limitations period did not constitute an unconstitutional suspension of the writ

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affirming "for substantially the reasons stated by the district court"

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affirming for "substantially the reasons stated by the district court"

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In Rodriguez, then-District Judge Sotomayor posited that the limitations period for state prisoners set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 2244 would violate the Suspension Clause if it rendered the habeas remedy "ineffective or inadequate to test the legality of detention."

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In Rodriguez, the Second Circuit adopted the district court's reasoning that because AEDPA's one-year statute of limitations leaves habeas petitioners with some reasonable opportunity to have their claims heard on the merits, the limitations period does not render the habeas remedy "inadequate or ineffective to test the legality of detention," and therefore does not per se constitute an unconstitutional suspension of the writ of habeas corpus.

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Case details for

Rodriguez v. Artuz

Case Details

Full title:ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. CHRISTOPHER ARTUZ…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Date published: Dec 21, 1998

Citations

161 F.3d 763 (2d Cir. 1998)

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