Steven R. Lovasz v. Scig Supt. Donald T. Vaughn

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 1998-01-14

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OPINION OF THE COURT BECKER, Circuit Judge. The habeas petition of Steven Lovasz currently before us, on application for a certificate of appealability, presents the question whether a second or subsequent petition for posteonvietion relief, filed according to the procedural rules of the state, constitutes “a properly filed application” for the purpose o…

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