Legal Opinion
Bills v. Clark
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 8, 2010No. 08-17517PublishedCited by 274 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to consider when a petitioner’s mental condition may constitute an extraordinary circumstance justifying equitable tolling of the untimely filing of a habeas petition. We conclude equitable tolling is permissible when a petitioner can show a mental impairment so severe that the petitioner was unable personally either to understand the need to timely file or prepare a habeas petition, and that impairment made it impossible under the totality of the circumstances to meet the filing deadline despite petitioner’s diligence.
The petitioner in…
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