Case Name: Bobby B. ROSS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael MOORE, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-04-03
Citations: 246 F.3d 1299
Docket Number: No. 00-13646
Parties: Bobby B. ROSS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael MOORE, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before TJOFLAT and BLACK, Circuit Judges
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 246
Pages: 1299–1300

Head Matter:
Bobby B. ROSS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael MOORE, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 00-13646.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
April 3, 2001.
Bobby B. Ross, Arcadia, FL, pro se.
Before TJOFLAT and BLACK, Circuit Judges

Opinion:
BY THE COURT:
Appellant has filed a motion for a certificate of appealability (COA), which this Court construes as a motion to expand the COA already granted by the district court. The district court granted a COA as to "[w]hether Petitioner was denied the right to due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Anendments to the United States Constitution." The issue upon which the district court granted a COA, however, conflicts with the district court's dismissal of the appellant's habeas petition, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, as time-barred under the one-year statute of limitations set forth in the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. When a district court dismisses a petition as time-barred, it is inappropriate to grant a COA on the constitutional claim e.g., the due process claim in this case. Accordingly,. this Court VACATES the order granting a COA and REMANDS the case to the district court for the limited purpose of considering whether a COA should be granted on the question of whether appellant's habeas petition is time-barred. Appellant's motion to expand the COA is DENIED AS MOOT.