Whether Petitioner, a mentally ill prisone r serving a
110-year prison sentence, whose appellate counse l led him
to believe that no further legal challe nges to that sentence
were possible follow ing conclusi on of direct review, and
who filed a pro se moti on to vacate , pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 2255, with reasonable diligence after learning of the
availability of that vehicle, demonstr ated the requisite
"diligence" and "extraordinary circumstance s" to warrant
equitable tolling, such that this Cour t should remand to
the United State s Cour t of Appeals for the Second Circuit
with instructions to i ssue a ce rtificate of ap pealabi lity?

Whether Petitioner demonstrated the requisite 'diligence' and 'extraordinary circumstances' to warrant equitable tolling