Wiideman

MEMORANDUM **

Nevada state prisoner Randal N. Wiideman appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253 , and we affirm.

Wiideman contends that the district court erred in dismissing his petition as time-barred, because the petition related back to his original timely-filed petition pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(c)(2). We conclude that because the district court dismissed the original petition, Wiideman’s petition cannot relate back to that original petition. See Rasberry v. Garcia, 448 F.3d 1150, 1155 (9th Cir.2006) (holding that “a habeas petition filed after the district court dismisses a previous petition without prejudice for failure to exhaust state remedies cannot relate back to the original habeas petition”).

Wiideman also contends that his original petition was erroneously dismissed such that he is entitled to equitable tolling. We conclude that the district court did not err in dismissing the original petition as mixed, because some of the claims were unexhausted at the time that Wiideman filed the petition, see Jiminez v. Rice, 276 F.3d 478, 481 (9th…