Gastelo
(HC) Potts v. Gastelo
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEVIN POTTS, Case No. 1:20-cv-01236-NONE-HBK Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION OF AEDPA’s TIME v. LIMITATIONS J. GASTELO, (Doc. No. 3) Respondent. 16 Petitioner Kevin Potts, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has pending a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1). Petitioner filed a pleading titled “Motion for Leave to Act After Expiration of Time F.R.C.P. (6).” (Doc. No. 3). To the extent discernable, Petitioner appears to be requesting an extension of his filing deadline under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act’s (“AEDPA”) limitations deadline. (See generally Id.). A petitioner seeking habeas relief under § 2254 must comply with AEDPA’s limitations period. For most habeas petitioners, the one-year limitations period applies and starts to run on “the date on which the judgment became final by the conclusion of…