Pace V. Diguglielmo

The federal Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) establishes a 1-year statute of limitations for filing a federal habeas corpus petition. 28 U. S. C. §2244(d)(1). That limitations period is tolled, however, while "a properly filed application for State post-conviction or other collateral review with respect to the pertinent judgment or claim is pending." §2244(d)(2). This case requires us to decide whether a state post-conviction petition rejected by the state court as untimely nonetheless is "properly filed" within the meaning of §2244(d)(2). We conclude that it is not, and hold that petitioner John Pace's federal petition is time barred.