Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit August 24, 2006, 04-3050 (Joseph Arrieta v. Deirdre Battaglia, Warden)

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Joseph Arrieta is an Illinois prisoner serving a life sentence for two murders. He sought federal habeas relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, but the district court dismissed his petition as untimely — it was filed almost four years after the expiration of the one-year statute of limitation contained in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A).