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In ''Lawrence v. Florida'', 127 S. Ct. 1079 (2007), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] (5-4) held that a state application is not still "pending" when the state courts have entered a final judgment on the matter but a petition for certiorari has been filed in this Court.   

In '''''Lawrence v. Florida''''', 127 S. Ct. 1079 (2007), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] (5-4) held that a state application is not still "pending" when the state courts have entered a final judgment on the matter but a petition for certiorari has been filed in this Court.   

Congress established a 1-year statute of limitations for seeking federal habeas corpus relief from a state-court judgment, 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d), and further provided that the limitations period is tolled while an "application for State post-conviction or other collateral review" "is pending," § 2244(d)(2).

Congress established a 1-year statute of limitations for seeking federal habeas corpus relief from a state-court judgment, 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d), and further provided that the limitations period is tolled while an "application for State post-conviction or other collateral review" "is pending," § 2244(d)(2).