Holding that AEDPA's statute of limitations was equitably tolled when the petitioner's counsel unexpectedly moved out of the state and left an unusable work product behind for replacement counsel
Holding that the determination of equitable tolling is “ ‘highly fact dependent’ ” and may “involve the confluence of numerous factors beyond the prisoner's control”
28 U.S.C. § 2254 Cited 204,651 times 341 Legal Analyses
Holding that "a determination of a factual issue made by a State court shall be presumed to be correct" and "[t]he applicant shall have the burden of rebutting the presumption of correctness by clear and convincing evidence"
28 U.S.C. § 2244 Cited 65,340 times 166 Legal Analyses
Holding that § 2255 incorporates § 2244(b) as part of the certification procedures of § 2244 and instructing that "the district court must dismiss the motion that we have allowed the applicant to file, without reaching the merits of the motion, if the court finds that the movant has not satisfied the requirements for the filing of such a motion."