context: However, there is no constitutional right to an attorney in state post-conviction proceedings. Attorney error which results in the fifing of an untimely petition is not a circumstance which justifies tolling the limitations period.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 166 F.Supp.2d 1185, 1189
citation_a.parenthetical: petitioner's inability to retain counsel in a timely fashion to file habeas petition did not warrant equitable tolling
citation_a.sentence: See Elliott v. DeWitt, 10 Fed.Appx. 311, 312, 2001 WL 523527 (6th Cir.2001) (“attorney’s mistake which results in missing the fifing deadline imposed by the AEDPA is not a basis for equitable tolling”); accord Smaldone v. Senkowski 273 F.3d 133, 138 (2nd Cir.2001); Frye v. Hickman, 258 F.3d 1036, 1038 (9th Cir.2001); Fahy v. Horn, 240 F.3d 239, 244 (3rd Cir.2001); Marsh v. Soares, 223 F.3d 1217, 1220-21 (10th Cir.2000); Steed v. Head, 219 F.3d 1298, 1300 (11th Cir.2000); see also Holloway v. Jones, 166 F.Supp.2d 1185, 1189 (E.D.Mich.2001) (petitioner’s inability to retain counsel in a timely fashion to file habeas petition did not warrant equitable tolling).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 10 Fed.Appx. 311, 312
citation_b.parenthetical: "attorney's mistake which results in missing the fifing deadline imposed by the AEDPA is not a basis for equitable tolling"
citation_b.sentence: See Elliott v. DeWitt, 10 Fed.Appx. 311, 312, 2001 WL 523527 (6th Cir.2001) (“attorney’s mistake which results in missing the fifing deadline imposed by the AEDPA is not a basis for equitable tolling”); accord Smaldone v. Senkowski 273 F.3d 133, 138 (2nd Cir.2001); Frye v. Hickman, 258 F.3d 1036, 1038 (9th Cir.2001); Fahy v. Horn, 240 F.3d 239, 244 (3rd Cir.2001); Marsh v. Soares, 223 F.3d 1217, 1220-21 (10th Cir.2000); Steed v. Head, 219 F.3d 1298, 1300 (11th Cir.2000); see also Holloway v. Jones, 166 F.Supp.2d 1185, 1189 (E.D.Mich.2001) (petitioner’s inability to retain counsel in a timely fashion to file habeas petition did not warrant equitable tolling).