Munsch v. Quarterman , 321 F. App'x 409 ( 2009 )


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  •            IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT  United States Court of Appeals
    Fifth Circuit
    FILED
    April 16, 2009
    No. 07-10131                    Charles R. Fulbruge III
    Clerk
    GUY BERNARD MUNSCH
    Petitioner - Appellant
    v.
    NATHANIEL QUARTERMAN, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
    CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION
    Respondent - Appellee
    Appeal from the United States District Court
    for the Northern District of Texas
    USDC No. 4:06-CV-682
    ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
    Before REAVLEY, SMITH and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.
    PER CURIAM:*
    The Supreme Court vacated this court’s 11 December 2007 order denying
    Guy Bernard Munsch, II, a certificate of appealability, and remanded this
    matter for further consideration in the light of Jimenez v. Quarterman, 
    129 S. Ct. 681
    , – U.S. – (13 January 2009). We VACATE the district court’s 9 January
    *
    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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
    be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR .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.
    No. 07-10131
    2007 judgment dismissing Munsch’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition, and REMAND
    this matter to the district court.
    A Texas-state jury convicted Munsch in 1999 of, inter alia, aggravated
    sexual assault of a child. This judgment was affirmed by the Second District
    Court of Appeals of Texas in 2001.            Munsch did not file a petition for
    discretionary review by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals within 30 days, as
    required by Texas law.
    Munsch subsequently filed a motion for state habeas relief, contending
    counsel had been ineffective because of, inter alia, a failure to timely notify
    Munsch of his right to petition for discretionary review. The Court of Criminal
    Appeals granted this motion, permitting Munsch to petition for discretionary
    review in 2004. The Court of Criminal Appeals denied this petition in 2005, and
    Munsch filed this federal habeas petition in 2006
    Federal habeas petitions are subject to a one-year statute of limitations.
    28 U.S.C. § 2244(d). For Munsch, the limitation period began to run on “the date
    on which the judgment became final by the conclusion of direct review or the
    expiration of the time for seeking such review”. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(a). The
    magistrate judge recommended: this period began on 25 June 2001, the deadline
    for Munsch to have petitioned for discretionary review by the Court of Criminal
    Appeals; and, accordingly, Munsch’s 2004 federal habeas petition was time-
    barred. The magistrate judge relied on Salinas v. Dretke, 
    354 F.3d 425
    , 430-31
    (5th Cir. 2004), in stating: “The fact that Munsch was granted an out-of-time
    petition for discretionary review as a result of his first state habeas action does
    not effect the running of the limitations period”. The district judge accepted the
    magistrate judge’s recommendation.
    Jimenez held: “Where a state court grants a criminal defendant the right
    to file an out-of-time direct appeal during state collateral review, but before the
    defendant has first sought federal habeas relief, his judgment is not yet ‘final’
    2
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    for purposes of § 
    2244(d)(1)(A)”. 129 S. Ct. at 686
    . Accordingly, we VACATE the
    district court judgment dismissing Munsch’s petition; and REMAND for further
    proceedings consistent with Jimenez.
    VACATED and REMANDED.
    3
    

Document Info

Docket Number: 07-10131

Citation Numbers: 321 F. App'x 409

Judges: Barksdale, Per Curiam, Reavley, Smith

Filed Date: 4/16/2009

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 8/2/2023