IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-11308
Conference Calendar
BRETT C. NORRIS,
Petitioner-Appellant,
versus
GARY L. JOHNSON, DIRECTOR,
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE,
INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION,
Respondent-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
USDC No. 3:98-CV-1018-G
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June 16, 2000
Before JOLLY, DAVIS, and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Brett C. Norris, Texas prisoner # 659410, appeals the
district court’s dismissal of his 28 § U.S.C. 2254 application
for a writ of habeas corpus, as barred by the one-year statute of
limitations set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d). Norris argues that
the district court erred in failing to equitably toll the
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act’s (AEDPA)
limitations period from April 24, 1996, the date that the AEDPA
became effective, until April 1, 1997, the date that the prison
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
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law library received copies of the new habeas law. Norris is not
entitled to equitable tolling on that basis. See Felder v.
Johnson, 204 F.3d 168, 171-73 (5th Cir. 2000)(holding that a
prisoner’s actual ignorance of the AEDPA’s limitations period,
even if attributable to the newly-enacted statute’s complete
unavailability to inmates, does not serve as a basis for
equitable tolling). The district court’s judgment dismissing
Norris’s § 2254 application as time-barred is AFFIRMED.
AFFIRMED.