Opinion ID: 2790653
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Heading: AEDPA Statute of Limitations

Text: The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) establishes that a state prisoner has a one-year period from the date his conviction becomes final in which to file a federal habeas petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1). White’s conviction became final on June 22, 2007, and the limitation period began to run ninety days later, on September 20, 2007, when his time for seeking review in the United States Supreme Court expired. See id. § 2244(d)(1)(A). By the time White filed his motion for post-conviction relief in state court, 242 days had elapsed. But the limitation period was tolled from May 19, 2008 (when White filed his state post-conviction motion) until April 25, 2011, when the Kansas Supreme Court denied review. See id. § 2244(d)(2). The limitation period expired 123 days later, on August 11, 2011. See id. § 2244(d)(1). White filed his federal habeas application nearly two years later on July 18, 2013.2