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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 

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United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 14-2970

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Stacy S. Abram, IV

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

Mike Allen, Sheriff, Crittenden County Arkansas; State of Arkansas; Wendy

Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction 1

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Jonesboro

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 Submitted: April 1, 2015

Filed: April 14, 2015

[Unpublished]

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Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Wendy Kelley has been appointed to serve as Director of the Arkansas

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Department of Correction, and is substituted as appellee pursuant to Federal Rule of

Appellate Procedure 43(c).

Appellate Case: 14-2970 Page: 1 Date Filed: 04/14/2015 Entry ID: 4264919 
Stacy Abram appeals after the district court denied his 28 U.S.C. § 2254

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petition as untimely. The district court granted a certificate of appealability (COA)

asto whether a possible jurisdictional problem with the judgment of conviction in the

state trial court affected the timeliness analysis. After careful de novo review, we

conclude that the district court’s dismissal was proper. See 28 U.S.C. §

2244(d)(1)(A) (habeas application challenging state court judgment must be filed

within 1 year of the date on which conviction became final); Holland v. Florida, 560

U.S. 631, 649-52 (2010) (§ 2254 petitioner is entitled to equitable tolling when he

establishes he diligently pursued his rights and some extraordinary circumstance

stood in his way of filing a timely petition); Camacho v. Hobbs, 774 F.3d 931, 932

(8th Cir. 2015) (standard of review); Johnson v. Hobbs, 678 F.3d 607, 610-11 (8th

Cir. 2012) (extraordinary circumstance must be external and not attributable to

petitioner); cf. Barreto-Barreto v. United States, 551 F.3d 95, 100 (1st Cir. 2008)

(§ 2255 motion claiming trial court lacked jurisdiction must be filed within limitation

period).

The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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The Honorable D.P. Marshall Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern 2

District of Arkansas.

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Appellate Case: 14-2970 Page: 2 Date Filed: 04/14/2015 Entry ID: 4264919