Hummel

Hummel v. Stewart

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46 F. App'x 521
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitSeptember 18, 2002No. 01-16499; D.C. No. CY-99-00184-WDBCalifornia268 words

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MEMORANDUM **

Arizona state prisoner Harold M. Hummel appeals pro se the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition, challenging his jury-trial conviction and sentence for armed bank robbery. The district court dismissed the petition as untimely under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (d). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253 . Reviewing de novo, Miles v. Prunty, 187 F.3d 1104, 1105 (9th Cir.1999), we affirm.

Hummel contends that the district court erred in dismissing his § 2254 petition as untimely because he is entitled to equitable tolling for the time he was in solitary confinement, and the time the prison library was shut down.

Because Hummel has neither provided any documentation to support his allegations, nor has he demonstrated that any alleged solitary confinement or prison library closures amounted to “extraordinary circumstances” beyond his control preventing him from filing a timely petition, see Frye v. Hickman, 273 F.3d 1144, 1146 (9th Cir.2001), cert denied, — U.S.-, 122 S.Ct. 1913 , 152 L.Ed.2d 823 (2002) (recognizing that the lack of access to library material does not automatically qualify as grounds for equitable tolling), citing Whalem/Hunt v. Early, 233 F.3d…

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