Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d) 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) 28 U.S.C. § 2254 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) 28 U.S.C. § 2255 Circuit Courts 685 F.2d 1227, 1257-1258 706 F.2d 311 733 F.2d 766, 775-776 876 F.2d 92, 93 957 F.2d 1562, 1571-1572 992 F.2d 291, 295 43 F.3d 1404, 1408 59 F.3d 1095, 1106 134 F.3d 109, 111 142 F.3d 1395, 1396 148 F.3d 145, 148 151 F.3d 1335, 1337 154 F.3d 196, 200-202 158 F.3d 1209, 1211 169 F.3d 695, 701 173 F.3d 1131, 1133-1135 176 F.3d 1096, 1097-1098 180 F.3d 7 214 F.3d 199, 202 225 F.3d 435, 438-439 227 F.3d 1342, 1346 243 F.3d 1299, 1301 251 F.3d 1243, 1246 256 F.3d 405, 408 268 F.3d 1223, 1247 283 F.3d 827, 833 284 F.3d 1201, 1202 303 F.3d 606, 627 310 F.3d 683, 691 311 F.3d 93, 97-99 318 F.3d 1302 322 F.3d 1256, 1261 334 F.3d 1018 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(a)