United States Ninth Circuit

Under the AEDPA, an attorney's negligent failure to file a habeas petition within the one-year statute of limitations does not equitably toll the statute of limitations.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/12/2001
• Decided 08/06/2001
• Published 08/06/2001

Judges

• SCHROEDER, Chief Judge:, Before:  SCHROEDER, CHIEF JUDGE, LAY, and DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Margaret Z. Johns,Lauren Johnson and Andrew Cain, University of California, Davis School of Law, Davis, California, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eric L. Christoffersen, Attorney General's Office for State of California, Sacramento, California, for the respondents-appellees.