Prisoner court filing dates
Borns v. Chrisman
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Clarence Borns asked whether federal or state rules determine when a prisoner representing himself has filed a state-court challenge after conviction, a date that can pause the one-year deadline to ask a federal court to review the conviction.
- Who it affects
- The Court did not decide whether the filing date affected Borns's one-year federal deadline in this case.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Supreme Court refused to hear his case (denied review) and did not decide the question.
A state post-conviction motion can pause the one-year federal deadline for challenging a conviction, and this dispute concerns when a prisoner's motion counts as filed.
Question presented
Does state or federal law govern the date a pro se prisoner’s state postconviction motion is “filed” for purposes of tolling AEDPA’s one-year limitations period under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(2)?
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