Morris

Morris v. Newland

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95 F. App'x 910
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 26, 2004No. 03-16184; D.C. No. CV-99-20535-JFCalifornia428 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Phillip Morris, Jr. appeals pro se the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas 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 affirm.

The district court granted a certificate of appealability as to whether Morris is entitled to additional statutory and/or equitable tolling for his untimely habeas petition. We conclude that he is not. As to statutory tolling, Morris is not entitled to tolling for the nearly three-year interval between the denial of his first superior court habeas petition and the filing of his second superior court habeas petition. See Biggs v. Duncan, 339 F.3d 1045, 1048 (9th Cir.2003). Nor is Morris entitled to tolling for the period that his first federal habeas petition was under review. See Duncan v. Walker, 533 U.S. 167, 181-82 , 121 S.Ct. 2120 , 150 L.Ed.2d 251 (2001).

With respect to equitable tolling, Morris has not established that, apart from those already recognized by the district court, extraordinary circumstances beyond his control prevented him from filing a timely petition. See…

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