United States Ninth Circuit

Dismissal of a petition for federal habeas relief is affirmed where an unjustified delay of more than six months between the denial of California habeas relief and the filing of a subsequent petition in a higher California court did not toll the one-year limitations period for requesting federal relief.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/11/2008
• Decided 11/18/2008
• Published 11/18/2008

Judges

• CLIFTON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  STEPHEN S. TROTT, RICHARD R. CLIFTON, and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gail Ivens, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Yun K. Lee, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for the respondent-appellee.