No. 22-5581
Alfonso Ponton v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Tags: 28-usc-2254 castro-v-united-states castro-warning district-court equitable-tolling habeas-corpus pro-se statute-of-limitations
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Securities
HabeasCorpus Securities
Latest Conference:
2022-11-10
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a district court's recharacterization of a prior pro se pleading as a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition without the warnings required by Castro v. United States, 540 U.S. 375 (2003), requires the equitable tolling of the statute of limitations applicable to such petitions until the Castro error is corrected?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a district court's recharacterization of a prior pro se pleading as a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition without the warnings required by Castro v. United States, 540 U.S. 375 (2003), requires the equitable tolling of the statute of limitations applicable to such petitions until the Castro error is corrected?
Docket Entries
2022-11-14
Petition DENIED
2022-11-14
Petition DENIED.
2022-10-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/10/2022.
2022-09-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 14, 2022)
Attorneys
Alfonso Ponton
Janice L. Bergmann — Federal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner