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LaPena v. Del Papa

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Oct 20, 2003
79 F. App'x 268 (9th Cir. 2003)

Opinion

Submitted Oct. 14, 2003.

This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

NOT FOR PUBLICATION. (See Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 36-3)

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, Philip M. Pro, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-00960-PMP.

Frank Ralph LaPena, Reg. No. 28907, Indian Springs, NV, pro se.

Victor H. Schulze, NVAG-Nevada Attorney General's Office, Las Vegas, NV, for Respondent-Appellee.


Before: WARDLAW, BERZON, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

MEMORANDUM

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Nevada state prisoner, Frank Ralph LaPena, appeals pro se the district court's judgment dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition as untimely. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253. We review de novo, see Miles v. Prunty, 187 F.3d 1104, 1105 (9th Cir.1999), and we reverse and remand.

LaPena contends that the district court improperly dismissed his section 2254 petition as untimely because the statute of

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limitations was tolled pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(2). The government concedes that LaPena's petition was timely filed because the district court failed to consider all of LaPena's state post-conviction petitions when tolling the statute of limitations.

Accordingly, we reverse and remand the district court's judgment for further proceedings.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.


Summaries of

LaPena v. Del Papa

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Oct 20, 2003
79 F. App'x 268 (9th Cir. 2003)
Case details for

LaPena v. Del Papa

Case Details

Full title:Frank Ralph LAPENA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frankie Sue DEL PAPA; et al.…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Oct 20, 2003

Citations

79 F. App'x 268 (9th Cir. 2003)