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Nature of Suit Code: 535
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Death Penalty
Cause of Action: 

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-70019

QUINTIN PHILLIPPE JONES,

Petitioner - Appellant

v.

RICK THALER, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL

JUSTICE, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION,

Respondent - Appellee

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas

No. 4:05-CV-638

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DENNIS, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

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This appeal concerns the application of equitable tolling under the

Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act. Jones contends that his failure

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to timely file a federal habeas petition should be excused as his attorney’s

conduct was so deficient as to amount to an extraordinary circumstance

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

F I L E D

June 17, 2010

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

 Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not *

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.

R. 47.5.4.

See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A).

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warranting tolling. The district court dismissed his petition, finding that under

this court’s jurisprudence, Jones was not entitled to tolling and that therefore

his petition was time-barred. The Supreme Court recently spoke to the issues

raised in this case in its opinion in Holland v. Florida. In order to permit the

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district court first consideration of Jones’s petition in light of the Court’s holding

in Holland, we VACATE and REMAND.

Holland v. Florida, No. 09-5326 (U.S., June 14, 2010).

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