John a. Pace v. David Diguglielmo, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Graterford, et al.

Decided April 27, 2005. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 03-9627 · 544 U.S. 408 (2005) · Cited 4,510 times

Holding

Because petitioner filed his federal habeas petition beyond the deadline and is not entitled to statutory or equitable tolling for any of that time period, his federal petition is barred by AEDPA’s statute of limitations.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Artuz v. Bennett · 531 U.S. 4 (2000)
• Duncan v. Walker · 533 U.S. 167 (2001)
• Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs · 498 U.S. 89 (1990)
• Carey v. Saffold · 536 U.S. 214 (2002)
• Clark v. Martinez · 543 U.S. 371 (2005)
• Brady v. Maryland · 373 U.S. 83 (1963)
• Rose v. Lundy · 455 U.S. 509 (1982)
• McCleskey v. Zant · 499 U.S. 467 (1991)
• Pliler v. Ford · 542 U.S. 225 (2004)
• Hohn v. United States · 524 U.S. 236 (1998)
• United States v. Lombardo · 241 U.S. 73 (1916)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Allen v. Siebert · 552 U.S. 3 (2007)
• Menominee Indian Tribe of Wis. v. United States · 577 U.S. 250 (2016)
• Lawrence v. Florida · 549 U.S. 327 (2007)
• Lozano v. Montoya Alvarez · 572 U.S. 1 (2014)
• Gonzalez v. Crosby · 545 U.S. 524 (2005)
• Ryan v. Valencia Gonzales · 568 U.S. 57 (2013)
• Credit Suisse Securities (Usa) LLC v. Simmonds · 566 U.S. 221 (2012)

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