MARTINEZ III v. RYAN (2019)

MEMORANDUM **

Petitioner David Yulo Martinez III appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus as untimely. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291, 2253 and we review the district court’s denial of Martinez’s petition de novo. Nedds v. Calderon, 678 F.3d 777, 780 (9th Cir. 2012). We affirm.

Martinez concedes that his petition was filed untimely. He contends only that he is entitled to equitable tolling of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act’s (AEDPA) one-year statute of limitations from March 2015 until July 2015—a period during which he was hospitalized for hip surgery. But Martinez (concededly) did not raise this argument to the district court, and our ordinary practice is that arguments raised for the first time on appeal are waived absent exceptional circumstances. United States v. Monreal, 301 F.3d 1127, 1131 (9th Cir. 2002). To prevail on his appeal, Martinez thus must demonstrate both that he is entitled to equitable tolling and that some exceptional circumstance justifies overlooking that Martinez waived his equitable tolling argument. Because we see no such exceptional circumstances, we conclude that Martinez waived his equitable tolling argument.

AFFIRMED.