No. 21-5536

Eddie Dewayne Lee v. Scott Crow, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-31
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-procedure constitutional-rights equitable-tolling filing-deadline habeas-corpus legal-library prison-access procedural-barriers
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-10-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should a criminal defendant be afforded Equitable Tolling of the One Year Filing Deadline for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 USC 2254 when the prison thwarted his ability to timely file by denying access to the Law Library or Legal Assistances?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS) PRESENTED —— — —__--_— Should a criminal defendant that can demonstrate that he has been diligently pursuing a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 sec. 2254 be afforded Equitable Tolling of the One Year Filing Deadline when he can demonstrate that the prison thwarted his ability to timely file his case by denying him access to the Prison Law Library or Legal Assistances. oe K] All parties appear in the caption of the case on the cover page. | ] All parties do not appear in the caption of the ease on the cover page. A list of all

Docket Entries

2021-11-01
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/29/2021.
2021-08-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 30, 2021)

Attorneys

Eddie Lee
Eddie Dwayne Lee — Petitioner