The following excerpt is from Madrigal v. Macomber, Case No. 1:14-cv-01436-LJO-SAB (HC) (E.D. Cal. 2015):
3. Although the limitations period tolls while a properly filed request for collateral review is pending in state court, 28 U.S.C. 2244(d)(2), it does not toll for the time a federal habeas petition is pending in federal court. Duncan v. Walker, 531 U.S. 991 (2001).
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