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CAREY, WARDEN v. SAFFOLD, TONY EUGENE (25776)

    Order dated: 10/15/01
    Docket number: 01-301
    Action:
        The motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.

CAREY, WARDEN v. SAFFOLD, TONY EUGENE (25776)

    Order dated: 12/03/01
    Docket number: 01-301
    Action:
        The motion for appointment of counsel is granted and it is ordered that Mary Katherine McComb, Esq., of Sacramento, California, is appointed to serve as counsel for the respondent in this case.

CAREY, WARDEN v. SAFFOLD, TONY EUGENE (25776)

    Order dated: 12/10/01
    Docket number: 01-301
    Action:
        The motion of respondent to dismiss the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted is denied.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

Whether the time during which a petitioner has failed to properly pursue hi state collateral remedies falls within the meaning of pending set forth by 28 U.S.C. section 2233(d)(2), the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's tolling provision.

An opinion has been handed down: