Artuz v. Bennett

Artuz v. Bennett
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 10, 2000 Decided November 7, 2000
Full case name	Christopher Artuz, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility v. Tony Bruce Bennett
Citations	531 U.S. 4 (more) 121 S. Ct. 361; 148 L. Ed. 2d 213; 2000 U.S. LEXIS 7437
Case history
Prior	On Writ of Certiorari to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Subsequent	Remanded to the District Court
Holding
An application for state postconviction relief containing procedurally barred claims is filed within the meaning of the AEDPA.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinion
Majority	Scalia, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
AEDPA (1996)

Artuz v. Bennett, 531 U.S. 4 (2000), was a unanimously-decided United States Supreme Court case. The case concerned whether a habeas corpus petition tolled for time under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 when certain state claims are still pending. The Court held that the petition did not toll.