WILLIAM J. HAYNES, Jr., Senior District Judge.
Petitioner Steven Shivers filed this action seeking the petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 to set aside his state convictions for attempted first degree murder and especially aggravated robbery for which Petitioner received a sentence of forty-three years.
In 2009, a Davidson County, Tennessee Criminal Court jury convicted Petitioner of attempted first-degree murder and especially aggravated robbery, and Petitioner received a sentence of twenty-five years at thirty percent for the attempted murder and to a consecutive eighteen years at one hundred percent for the especially aggravated robbery. State v. Shivers, No. M2009-02079-CCA-R3-CD, 2011 WL 6382552, at * 1 (Tenn. Crim. App. Dec. 19, 2011),perm. app. denied (Tenn. Apr. 11, 2012). On December 19, 2011, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the trial court's judgment. Id. at *13. The Tennessee Supreme Court denied discretionary review on April 11, 2012. Id. at *1.
Petitioner filed a pro se petition for state post-conviction relief on April 2, 2013.
On April 13, 2015, the Petitioner filed this action asserting three claims for relief:
(Petition, Docket No. 1 at 1, Page ID# 1). Petitioner named the Davidson County Criminal Court as the Respondent. (Docket No. 1). By amended Order entered on July 10, 2015, the Court substituted Cherry Lindamood, the Warden of the South Central Correctional Facility where the State confines the Petitioner, as the proper Respondent. (Docket No. 11).
After a preliminary examination, the Court concluded that Petitioner stated a colorable claim for relief. Pursuant to Rule 5 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts, the Court ordered the Respondent to answer or otherwise respond to the petition. (Order, Docket No. 11, PageID# 18). Upon consideration of the record, the Court concludes that an evidentiary hearing is not needed. See Smith v. United States, 348 F.3d 545, 550 (6
Before the Court is Respondent's motion to dismiss this action as untimely because Petitioner filed his petition 325 days after the governing one-year statute of limitations expired. (Docket No. 26). Petitioner has not responded to the Respondent's motion.
Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), Pub. L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (codified, inter alia, at 28 U.S.C. §§ 2244, et seq.), prisoners have one year within which to file a petition for habeas corpus relief which runs from the latest of four (4) circumstances:
28 U.S.C. §§ 2244(d)(1)(A).
The AEDPA's one-year limitations period is tolled by the amount of time that "a properly filed application for State post-conviction or other collateral review with respect to the pertinent judgment or claim is pending." 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(2); see Ege v. Yukins, 485 F.3d 364, 371 (6th Cir. 2007). However, any lapse of time before a state application is properly filed is counted against the one-year limitations period. See Bennett v. Artuz, 199 F.3d 116, 122 (2nd Cir. 1999), aff'd, 531 U.S. 4 (2000). When the state collateral proceeding that tolled the one-year limitations period concludes, the limitations period recommences. See Allen v. Yukins, 366 F.3d 396, 401 (6th Cir. 2004)(citing McClendon v. Sherman, 329 F.3d 490, 494 (6th Cir. 2003)).
Here, the Petitioner does not assert that the State has prevented him from filing his federal habeas petition in a timely fashion and in violation of his constitutional rights. Thus, 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(B) is inapplicable. Nor does the Petitioner allege that his claims arise out of new constitutional rights to be applied retroactively; therefore, 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(C) is inapplicable. Petitioner's claim does not fall under the new factual predicate test of 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(D). Thus, 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A) represents applicable statute of limitations under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1).
The state record reflects that Petitioner's judgment became final after direct review on July 10, 2012.
Although the Petitioner's § 2254 petition is untimely, the one-year limitations period may be equitably tolled for exceptional circumstances. Holland v. Florida, 130 S.Ct. 2549, 2560 (2010). Petitioner bears the burden to persuade the Court that he is entitled to equitable tolling. McSwain v. Davis, 287 Fed. Appx. 450, 455-456 (6th Cir. 2008) (collecting cases). Petitioner has not alleged or asserted plausible facts to invoke equitable tolling.
For these reasons, the Court concludes that Petitioner's § 2254 petition is untimely and the Respondent's motion to dismiss should be granted.
An appropriate Order is filed herewith.