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Fourth Circuit: Evidentiary Hearing Required Where Prisoner’s Allegation of Mental Illness, if True, Is Sufficient to Demonstrate ‘Extraordinary Circumstances’ Warranting Both Rule 60(b)(6) Relief and Tolling of Habeas SOL

by Douglas Ankney

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that an evidentiary hearing was required where Berman Justus, Jr.’s, allegation of mental illness, if true, was sufficient to demonstrate extraordinary circumstances warranting relief under Rule 60(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and equitable tolling ...

 

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