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United States v. Relatos

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Jan 27, 2006
No. 04-55958 (9th Cir. Jan. 27, 2006)

Opinion


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. EVELYN CUIZON RELATOS, Defendant - Appellant. No. 04-55958 United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit January 27, 2006

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

Argued and Submitted December 7, 2005

Filed December 15, 2005

Amended January 27, 2006 Pasadena, California

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, D.C. Nos. CV-04-03979-GAF, CR-00-01160-GAF-04, Gary A. Feess, District Judge, Presiding

Before: BEEZER, HALL, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

AMENDED ORDER

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

We affirm the district court§s denial of Relatos§s 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion.

The motion was not filed within the one-year limitations period and is therefore untimely. 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Section 2255(4) is inapplicable because Relatos knew the predicate facts, if not their legal significance, more than one year before her filing. See Hasan v. Galaza, 254 F.3d 1150, 1154 & n.3 (9th Cir. 2001). Furthermore, Relatos§s argument for equitable tolling of the limitations period fails because she has not shown that §extraordinary circumstances beyond [her] control§ precluded her from timely filing her § 2255 motion. See United States v. Battles, 362 F.3d 1195, 1197 (9th Cir. 2004). Because Relatos§s motion was untimely filed, we do not reach the merits of her ineffective assistance of counsel claim.

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

United States v. Relatos

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Jan 27, 2006
No. 04-55958 (9th Cir. Jan. 27, 2006)
Case details for

United States v. Relatos

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. EVELYN CUIZON RELATOS…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Jan 27, 2006

Citations

No. 04-55958 (9th Cir. Jan. 27, 2006)