Ruff

MEMORANDUM **

Barry Irwin Ruff (“Ruff’), appeals the district court’s order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus as untimely. Because Ruffs petition was filed after the effective date of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (“AEDPA”), the provisions of that Act apply to his case. See Patterson v. Stewart, 251 F.3d 1243, 1245 (9th Cir.2001). AEDPA imposes a one-year statute of limitations on habeas corpus petitions filed by *544 state prisoners in federal court. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (d)(1). State prisoners, like Ruff, whose convictions became final prior to AEDPA’s enactment, have a one-year grace period in which to file their petitions in federal court. See Patterson at 1245 . We review the district court’s dismissal of Ruffs petition de novo. See id.

Pursuant to § 2244(d) of AEDPA, Ruffs petition was untimely. However, Ruff claims that he is actually innocent and that a showing of actual innocence is an exception to the limitations period. Assuming, without deciding, that an actual innocence exception exists, Ruff has not made the requisite showing. See Carriger v. Stewart, 132 F.3d 463, 478 (9th Cir.1997) (en banc). However long or…