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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Herman LEMUSU, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 12-17711.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted May 13, 2014.
    
    Filed May 28, 2014.
    Kenneth Sorenson, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Honolulu, HI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Herman Lemusu, Big Spring, TX, pro se.
    
      Before: CLIFTON, BEA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Herman Lemusu appeals pro se from the district court’s orders denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion as untimely and his subsequent motion for reconsideration. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we affirm.

Lemusu contends that he is entitled to equitable tolling because he was placed in administrative segregation, relied on inadequate legal assistance from a fellow inmate, and was misled by the district court’s affirmative misrepresentations. We review the district court’s equitable tolling decision de novo. See United States v. Battles, 362 F.3d 1195, 1196 (9th Cir.2004). Lemusu’s claim to equitable tolling fails because he has not established that the alleged impediments were “extraordinary circumstances” that prevented timely filing of his section 2255 motion. See Pace v. DiGuglielmo, 544 U.S. 408, 418, 125 S.Ct. 1807, 161 L.Ed.2d 669 (2005) (equitable tolling available where the petitioner shows “(1) that he has been pursuing his rights diligently, and (2) that some extraordinary circumstance stood in his way”).

Lemusu contends that his actual innocence excuses his untimely filing. Assuming this argument is properly before the court, it fails because Lemusu has not demonstrated that, in light of new evidence, it is more likely than not that no reasonable juror would have found him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. See McQuiggin v. Perkins, — U.S. -, -, 133 S.Ct. 1924, 1928, 185 L.Ed.2d 1019 (2013).

Lemusu’s motion filed on March 11, 2013, requesting an expansion of the certificate of appealability is denied. See 9th Cir. R. 22-l(e); Hiivala v. Wood, 195 F.3d 1098, 1104-05 (9th Cir.1999) (per curiam).

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.