Post-conviction motion deadlines
Takhvar v. Comerford
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Christopher L. Takhvar asks whether time limits apply to certain motions filed in his habeas case.
- Who it affects
- The denial ends Takhvar's request for Supreme Court review but does not decide his claims or endorse either side.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.

What it's about
He also alleges the State used contested interrogation video and published and monetized an edited, false account while federal review was pending, raising due-process and related constitutional claims.
Takhvar also questioned whether a federal court could reject his related claims without addressing them or asking Florida to respond.
Question presented
1. In a Habeas case are motions filed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 60(d)(3) and Rule 60(B)(6) subject to time limitation or provision of Rule 60(c)(1), and would the denial of a Rule 60(d)(3) or Rule 60(b)(6) motion asserting a time limitation violate the decision of Herring v. United States and conflict with the 3 rd Circuit Court ’ s decision regarding time limitations for Rule 60(b)(6) and Rule 60(d)(3)? 2. Does the State violate the 5 th and 14 th Amendment Substantive Due Process clause, when it utilizes contested video evidence of prejudicial statements in custodial interrogation and publishes and monetizes a false narrative, edited version, while a citizen ’ s right to Habeas Corpus Art. 1, Sect. 9 of the United States Constitution is pending federal review; and Would the denial of such a claim without the U.S. District Court addressing the merits or ordering the State to respond to the allegations violate the impartial, and compulsory process clause of the 6 th Amendment, and the equal protection of the law and Due Process of the 5 th and 14 th Amendments of the United States Constitution?
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