Brooks

Brooks v. Fairman

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78 F. App'x 626
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOctober 20, 2003No. 02-55643; D.C. No. CV-99-00235-GHKCalifornia299 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner, Rodney Brooks, appeals pro se the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition as untimely. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253 . We review de novo, see Miles v. Prunty, 187 F.3d 1104, 1105 (9th Cir.1999), and we vacate and remand.

Brooks contends that the district court erred by failing to toll the Anti-Terrorism *627 and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) 1-year statute of limitations from the date of his first state habeas petition in California Superior Court until the denial of his last state habeas petition in California Supreme Court. 1 We agree.

Brooks is entitled to tolling during the entire time he was seeking one full round of collateral review by the California courts. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (d); Delhomme v. Ramirez, 340 F.3d 817, 820-21 (9th Cir.2003) (per curiam) (holding that overlapping state habeas petitions begin a separate round of review and do not disturb the pendency of petitioner’s first round of review); Carey v. Saffold, 536 U.S. 214, 220 , 122 S.Ct. 2134 , 153 L.Ed.2d 260 (2002) (reiterating that exhaustion requires one full round of review by the state courts, during which time, the statute of…

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