United States Ninth Circuit

Equitable tolling may apply to toll the one-year statute of limitations under 28 U.S.C. section 2244(d)(1), to permit federal review of a habeas petition, where the alleged denial of access to legal files may amount to extraordinary circumstances.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/15/2002
• Decided 09/19/2002
• Published 09/19/2002

Judges

• Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, CUDAHY, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Darlene M. Ricker, Ricker & Mercado, Beverly Hills, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Renee Rich, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for the respondent-appellee.