Legal Opinion
Carlos Mendoza v. Tom L. Carey, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 7, 2006No. 04-56733PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:
Carlos Mendoza, a California state prisoner, appeals from the judgment of the district court, which dismissed as untimely his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Under the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”), habeas petitions must be filed within one year from the date when the petitioner’s judgment of conviction became final. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d). Mendoza, who is a Spanish speaker, argued that he should qualify for equitable tolling of the one-year limitations period because the prison law library failed to provide Spanish-language books or…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Brian Keith Laws v. A.A. Lamarque, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
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3Cited by153 opinions
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