United States Ninth Circuit

A prisoner was not entitled to equitable tolling, by virtue of the district court's erroneous dismissal of a prior habeas petition containing unexhausted claims without giving him the option to amend, where he did not exercise reasonable diligence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/13/2003
• Decided 05/05/2003
• Published 05/05/2003

Judges

• Before HALL, KOZINSKI, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William S. Harris,Stewart & Harris, South Pasadena, CA, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Marc E. Turchin, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellee.