MEMORANDUM **

Arizona state prisoner William Landrum appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition for untimeliness. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we affirm.

Landrum contends that several extraordinary circumstances prevented the timely *257 filing of his federal habeas petition and that equitable tolling was warranted. This argument is waived because it was not properly raised before the district court. See United States v. Carlson, 900 F.2d 1346, 1349 (9th Cir. 1990). Furthermore, Landrum was not entitled to equitable tolling. See Rasberry v. Garcia, 448 F.3d 1150, 1154 (9th Cir. 2006) (“[A] pro se petitioner’s lack of legal sophistication is not, by itself, an extraordinary circumstance warranting equitable tolling.”).

AFFIRMED.