Preston v. Harris
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
1. Preston’s ineffective assistance claim is time-barred, having been first raised in an amended petition filed beyond the one-year period established by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA). See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d). Mayle v. Felix, 545 U.S. 644, 125 S.Ct. 2562, 162 L.Ed.2d 582 (2005), which was decided after the district court rendered its decision, holds that “[s]o long as the original and amended petitions state claims that are tied to a common core of operative facts, relation back will be in order,” id. at 2574, but that “[a]n amended habeas petition ... does not relate back (and thereby escape AEDPA’s one-year
2. We construe Preston’s raising of two uncertified issues in his opening brief as a motion to expand the certificate of appeal-ability (COA). See 9th Cir. R. 22-l(e); Hiivala v. Wood, 195 F.3d 1098, 1104-05 (9th Cir. 1999). We agree with the district court that neither issue satisfies the standard for a COA. See Hiivala, 195 F.3d at 1104 (“The required showing'for originally obtaining a COA on a claim remains the standard by which this court reviews the broadening of a COA. A habeas petitioner’s assertion of a claim must make a ‘substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.’ ” (quoting 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2))).
AFFIRMED; MOTION TO EXPAND CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY DENIED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.
Reference
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- Lothar Marshall PRESTON, Petitioner—Appellant v. G.E. HARRIS, Warden Respondents—Appellees
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