Self v. Stewart

49 F. App'x 736

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

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The district court properly denied Selfs petition for a writ of habeas corpus as time-barred. Under Arizona law, a prisoner’s claims are exhausted for habeas purposes once an appeal is presented to the Arizona Court of Appeals and that court has ruled on them. See Swoopes v. Sublett 196 F.3d 1008, 1010 (9th Cir.1999) (holding limited to prisoners not sentenced to life imprisonment or death). Selfs direct appeal was finalized and his claims exhausted on August 14, 1992, when the Arizona Court of Appeals issued its first mandate in his case. This mandate was not implicitly recalled and Selfs direct appeal was not reopened when the Arizona Court of Appeals permitted Self to file a delayed petition for review to the Arizona Supreme Court and subsequently issued a second mandate in his case. See State v. Dalglish, 183 Ariz. 188, 901 P.2d 1218, 1220 (Ariz.Ct.App.1995).

Because Selfs direct appeal became final prior to the enactment of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (“AEDPA”), Selfs time to apply for a writ of habeas corpus ended on April, 24, 1997, one year after the effective date of the AEDPA. See Patterson v. Stewart, 251 F.3d 1243, 1245-46 (9th Cir.2001). Selfs petition for habeas relief, filed on June 1, 2000, was therefore untimely.

AFFIRMED.

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