Legal Opinion
Willie Lee Miles v. K.W. Prunty, Warden Attorney General of the State of California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 13, 1999No. 98-55623PublishedCited by 654 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:
Willie Lee Miles (“Miles”) appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a) habeas corpus petition as untimely. Miles raises two issues on appeal, only one of which we reach. Miles contends his petition was timely filed under the prison mailbox rule, and in the alternative, that extraordinary circumstances existed sufficient to equitably toll the applicable statute of limitations. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253 and we reverse.
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We review a district court’s decision to dismiss a petition for writ of habeas corpus de novo. See…
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