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FindACase™ | Alvarado v. Hansen
BRAD HANSEN, Warden et. al.; Respondent.[1]
This matter is before the court on Respondent's Motion for Summary Judgment.[2] (Filing No. 16.) Respondent argues that Petitioner Telesforo Alvarado's Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Filing Nos. 1, 5) must be dismissed because it is barred by the limitations period set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d). The court agrees and will dismiss the petition with prejudice.
Alvarado was convicted of one count of distribution of a controlled substance within 1000 feet of a playground following a jury trial in the Scotts Bluff County District Court. (Filing No. 5 at CM/ECF pp. 14-15; Filing No. 17-1 at CM/ECF pp. 1, 9, 11.) The state district court sentenced Alvarado to eight to twenty years' imprisonment. (Filing No. 5 at CM/ECF p. 14; Filing No. 17-1 at CM/ECF pp. 1, 8, 11.) On April 15, 2014, the Nebraska Court of Appeals affirmed Alvarado's conviction and sentence on direct appeal. (Filing No. 17-2 at CM/ECF p. 2.) On June 4, 2014, the Nebraska Supreme Court denied Alvarado's petition for further review. (Id.) The mandate was issued on June 25, 2014 (Id.) The state district court spread the mandate on July 1, 2014. (Filing No. 17-1 at CM/ECF pp. 7, 11.)
On March 30, 2016, Alvarado filed a motion for postconviction relief in the state district court. (Filing No. 17-1 at CM/ECF p. 6.) On August 15, 2016, Alvarado filed a supplemental verified motion for postconviction relief. (Id.) On February 3, 2017, the state district court dismissed Alvarado's motion as barred by the one-year limitations period under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-3001(4). (Filing No. 5 at CM/ECF p. 150; Filing No. 17-1 at CM/ECF p. 5.)
Alvarado appealed the dismissal of postconviction relief to Nebraska's appellate courts. On April 19, 2017, the Nebraska Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction pursuant to Neb. Ct. R. App. P. § 2-107(A)(2) due to Alvarado's failure to execute his poverty affidavit no more than 45 days prior to the filing of the notice of appeal. (Filing No. 17-3 at CM/ECF p. 2.) The Nebraska Supreme Court denied Alvarado's petition for further review on June 6, 2017, and issued its mandate on July 28, 2017. (Id.)
Alvarado filed his Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in this court on August 1, 2017. (Filing No. 1.) He filed an Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus on August 29, 2017. (Filing No. 5.) Thereafter, Respondent moved for summary judgment (Filing No. 16), arguing the habeas petition is barred by the statute of limitations (Filing Nos. 16, 18). Alvarado filed a brief (Filing No. 21) in opposition to Respondent's motion, and Respondent filed a reply brief (Filing No. 22). This matter is fully submitted for disposition.
Alvarado also filed a “Request to Withdraw Ground Nine of Habeas Petition and Request to Stay [and] Abey Ground Nine of Habeas Petition.” (Filing No. 23.) After Respondent filed a brief (Filing No. 26) in opposition to Alvarado's motion, Alvarado filed a “Motion for Leave to Submit Evidence Disputing Facts in Respondent's Opposition Brief to Motion to Withdraw Ground Nine of Habeas Petition” (Filing No. 27) and a “Motion to Correct Statement Made and to Submit Evidence in Support of Argument Made in His Motion Disputing Respondent's Opposition Brief” (Filing No. 30).
The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”) imposed a one-year statute of limitations on petitions for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1). 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d) states: