Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit September 30, 2004, 03-2076 (Jermaine Gildon v. Edwin R. Bowen, Warden)

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant, Jermaine Gildon, brought this habeas corpus claim under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his Illinois state conviction for first-degree murder. The district court dismissed the petition as being untimely under the one-year period of limitations pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d). Gildon appeals.

I.