Michael Patterson v. William Hutchings

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

SEP 22 2021

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MICHAEL PATTERSON, No. 20-15635

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:17-cv-02131-JCM-EJY v.

WILLIAM HUTCHINGS; ATTORNEY MEMORANDUM*

GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF

NEVADA,

Respondents-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada James C. Mahan, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 3, 2021 San Francisco, California

Before: SCHROEDER, RAWLINSON, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Appellant Michael Patterson appeals from a ruling by the district court

dismissing his federal habeas petition as untimely.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. We have appellate jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 & 2253. We

review de novo the district court’s denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus,

Clark v. Murphy, 331 F.3d 1062, 1067 (9th Cir. 2003), including denial of the writ

on statute of limitations grounds, Noble v.…