Opinion ID: 200987
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Remand: Acceptance of Equitable Tolling and Denial on the Merits

Text: 18 On remand, the district court (Chief Judge Young) held that equitable tolling should apply under § 2244(d)(1) and tolled the limitations period for the 118 days that Neverson's first habeas petition was pending before Judge O'Toole. The court also, in an earlier order, allowed Neverson to amend his habeas petition to include claims under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 challenging his deportation. Then on February 4, 2003, after taking briefs and hearing argument, the district court denied Neverson's habeas petition on the merits. See Neverson v. Bissonnette, 242 F.Supp.2d 78, 95 (D.Mass.2003). 6 19 The district court granted a certificate of appealability as to the propriety of equitable tolling and as to each of the substantive grounds on which the court rejected the petitioner's habeas claim. Neverson brought the instant appeal.