Faragher v. Walter

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Faragher v. Walter, 26 F. App'x 610 (9th Cir. 2001)

Faragher v. Walter

Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

Washington state prisoner Robert Faragher appeals pro se from the district court’s sua sponte dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition as barred by the statute of limitations. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(d). We review de novo, see Herbst v. Cook, 260 F.3d 1039, 1042 (9th Cir. 2001), and we affirm.

In Herbst, we concluded that a district court may dismiss sua sponte a habeas petition on statute of limitations grounds so long as the court provides the petitioner adequate notice of its intent to dismiss and an opportunity to respond. Id. Here, Faragher was provided adequate notice by the magistrate’s order to show cause and its report and recommendation, which both recommended dismissal under § 2244(d), and an opportunity to respond through the filing of a response to the order to show cause and objections to the report and recommendation. Therefore the district court’s dismissal of Faragher’s petition was within its authority. Id.

AFFIRMED.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as may be provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Reference

Full Case Name
Robert FARAGHER v. Kay WALTER State of Washington
Status
Published