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73 F. App'x 924

Ratliff v. Smith

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided August 15, 2003

U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2003-08-15

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)

Relies on Willie Lee Miles v. Kw Prunty Attorney General of the State of California · Miranda v. Castro · Frye v. Hickman

Decided 2003-08-15

¶1MEMORANDUM …

¶2California state prisoner David Ratliff appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition as untimely. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253, we review de novo, Miles v. Prunty, 187 F.3d 1104, 1105 (9th Cir.1999), and we affirm.

¶3Ratliff contends that he is entitled to equitable tolling because his attorney delayed returning his trial transcripts for almost four years, delaying his state habeas petition. The contention fails because Ratliff has failed to show that the transcripts were relevant to the claims in his petition. See Miranda v. Castro, 292 F.3d 1063, 1066-68 (9th Cir.) (rejecting equitable tolling claim despite counsel’s miscalcu*925lation of the AEDPA deadline), cert. denied, 537 U.S. 1003, 123 S.Ct. 496, 154 L.Ed.2d 399 (2002). Moreover, Ratliff is not entiteld to equitable tolling based on counsel’s alleged negligent delay. See Frye v. Hickman, 273 F.3d 1144, 1146 (9th Cir.2001) (denying equitable tolling based on counsel’s negligence), cert. denied, 535 U.S. 1055, 122 S.Ct. 1913, 152 L.Ed.2d 823 (2002).

¶4AFFIRMED.

¶5 This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

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