Micklus v. Stewart
Micklus v. Stewart
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
Arizona state prisoner Gregory Bernard Micklus appeals the district court’s dis
Micklus contends that his federal habeas petition was timely filed within the AED-PA’s one-year statute of limitations period because: after the Arizona Supreme Court denied review on direct appeal, the limitations period did not begin to run until the ninety-day period for filing a petition for certiorari with the United States Supreme Court had expired; before the ninety days passed, Miklus filed for state post-conviction relief and statutory tolling started; and Miklus filed his federal petition less than one year after state relief was denied and statutory tolling ended. Respondent concedes that the federal habeas petition was timely filed, and that the district court erred in dismissing the petition as untimely. Our examination of the record supports the parties’ conclusion that the habeas petition was timely filed, and we vacate the district court’s dismissal. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(2); Bowen v. Roe, 188 F.3d 1157, 1158-59 (9th Cir. 1999). We remand to the district court for further proceedings.
VACATED AND REMANDED.
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