Legal Opinion

Tony Eugene Saffold v. Thomas L. Carey

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided January 14, 2003No. 99-15541PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge.

The Supreme Court having vacated the opinion of this court in Saffold v. Newland, 250 F.3d 1262 (9th Cir.2001), and remanded, we must decide whether the California Supreme Court’s order denying Appellant’s habeas corpus petition both “on the merits and for lack of diligence” means that his petition before that court was untimely and therefore ineligible for tolling with respect to the one-year statute of limitations for state prisoners seeking ha-beas relief in federal court.

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In 1990, a California state court found Tony Eugene Saffold guilty of murder,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Artuz v. BennettSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Carey v. SaffoldSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  3. David C. Smith v. W.A. Duncan, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
  4. Tony Eugene Saffold v. Anthony NewlandCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
  5. Wilderness Society v. ReyDistrict Court, D. Montana · 2002

3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Evans v. ChavisSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  2. Anthony (Tony) Gaston v. Anna Ramirez PalmerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
  3. Samuel Quinton Bonner v. Tom Carey, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
  4. Chaffer v. ProsperCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
  5. Rene Joseph Delhomme v. Ana M. Ramirez, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003

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