Roe

Palmer v. Roe

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76 F. App'x 188
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitSeptember 22, 2003No. 00-57168; D.C. No. CV-00-04978-JSLCalifornia312 words

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MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Wayne Delisser Palmer appeals pro se the district court’s *189 denial as untimely of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus, challenging his conviction for kidnaping for sexual purposes and forcible rape. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253 . We affirm.

Palmer contends that he is entitled to statutory tolling for the time between the denial of his first habeas petition in the California Supreme Court, and the filing of a subsequent California Supreme Court petition.

We conclude that Palmer is not entitled to statutory tolling for the gap between the denial of his first petition to the California Supreme Court, and subsequent filing to the California Supreme Court because his second filing commenced a subsequent round of review, and was not a continuation of his first round. King v. Roe, 340 F.3d 821, 822-23 (9th Cir.2003) (per curiam) (finding that under a two-part test, petitioner’s second series of petitions was not a part of his one full round of review because they did not attempt to correct his prior petition); Biggs v. Duncan, 339 F.3d 1045, 1048 (9th Cir.2003) (deciding that because petitioner’s first…

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