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in a l. 2 8 U .S .C . § 2 2 4 4 ( d ) ( 1 ) . T h e o n e - y e a rlim it is aut om at i ca l l y t ol l ed for the “ t i m e duri ng w hi ch a properl y f i l ed [s t at e c ou rthabeas pet i t i on ] i s pendi ng . ” I

d. § 2244( d) ( 2) . T he l i m i tm a y be e qui t abl y t ol l e d i f the pe t i t i one rc a n e s t abl i s h “ ( 1) tha the ha s be e n pur s ui ng hi s r i ght s di l i ge nt l y , a nd ( 2) th a t s o m e e x tr a o r d in a ry c ir c u m s ta n c e s s to o d in h is w a y ” a n d c au s e d h is u n tim e lin e s s . R am i rez v . Y at es , 571 F . 3d 993, 997 ( 9th C i r . 2009) ( a l t e r a t i ons a nd q u o tati o n m ar k s o m itted ). N eith ero f th es e to ll in g m ec h an ism s b rin g s T o rr es ’s f e d e r a l h ab e a s p e titio n w ith in th e o n e - y e a rlim it. T o rr e s ’s c o n v ic tio n f

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f irm in g th e ju d g m e n t. See Sm i th v . D unc an , 297 F . 3d 80 9, 81 3 (9th C i r. 20 01 ). T orre s f i l ed no habeas pet i t i on i n st at e or f eder al court u n t i l Ju l y 2 4 , 2 0 0 2 , w h en h e fi l ed a p et i t i o n i n C al i fo rn i a S u p eri o r C o u rt . B ecau se m ore than a ye arel apse d b etw ee n the day hi s c on vi ct i on beca m e f i nal and the day he fi l ed hi s f

i rs tst at e habeas pet i t i on , T orre s’ s s ub se qu entfe dera l pet i t i on w as unt i m e l y unl e s s as ubs t a nt i a l pa rtof tha tgap i s s ubj e c tt o e qui t abl e t ol l i ng. T orre s c i t es hi s app oi nt ed coun se l ’ s aband on m entas an “ extra ordi nary c ir c u m s ta n c e ” th a t s h o u ld e q u itab ly to ll th e e n tir e d e la y b e tw e e n th e d a y h isA p ag e fro m th attran scri p tap p ears i n th e ex cerp t s o f reco rd , so T o rres m u st 1 have ob t ai ned i tatsom e poi nt . In any e vent , T orre s does notal l ege thathi s del ay w a s c au s e d b y th is p a rtic u la rm is s in g tr a n s c r ip t. C f . U ni ted Stat es v. B at t les , 362 F . 3d 11 95 , 11 98 (9th C i r. 20 04 ) ( re m andi ng for a n evi dent i ary heari ng w here pet i t i on eral l eged a l ac k o f f i l es had caused hi s del ay , and i tw as un cl ear w hatfi l es pet i t i on er ’ s c ou nsel w i thh el d and for how l on g). 3 co n v icti o n b ec am e f

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orr e vi e w i n the C a l i f orni aS upr e m e C ourta nd di d noti m m e di a t e l y pr ovi de T orr e s w i th c opi e s of h is tr ia l tr a n s c r ip ts . T o rr e s f ile d ac o m p la in t a g a in s t h is la w y e rw ith th e s ta te b a rin A p r il 2 0 0 1 . S o m e tim e b e f o r e J u n e 1 1 , 2 0 0 1 , T o rr e s o b ta in e d a ll h is tr ia l tr a n s c r ip ts e x c e p t o n e f

r o m ah e a r in g o n h is r e q u e s t to s u b s titu te c o u n s e l. 1 T he di s tr i c tc ourtc orr e c t l y c onc l ude d tha tthe pe r i od be tw e e n J une 11, 2001 a nd J ul y 24, 2002 c oul d notbe e qui t abl y t ol l e d be c aus e T orr e s di d note s t abl i s h the ex i st en ce o f ex trao rd i n ary ci rcu m st an ces j u st i fyi n g h i s d el ay af terhe di s c ove r e d he c oul d no l onge rr e l y on hi s a tt orne y . F r om tha tpoi ntf orw a r d, T orr e s di d not

“ exer ci se [] re as on abl e di l i gence i n p ursui ng the m att er . ” S p i t syn v. Mo o re , 345 F . 3d 79 6, 80 2 (9th C i r. 20 03 ). T orr e s a r gue s tha the a c t e d di l i ge nt l y i n try i ng t o c ont a c tM r . H e ndr i c ks a nd in s e e k in g h is tr a n s c r ip ts . E v e n a s s u m in g th a t to b e tru e , o n c e T o rr e s le a rn e d o f h is c ouns e l ’ s aba ndonm e nt , he be c a m e l i ke a ny othe runr e pr e s e nt e d pr i s one ra nd4

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it f r o m e q u itab le to llin g . See id. a t802 ( “ [ I ] f the pe r s on s e e ki ng equi t abl e t ol l i ng has notexer ci se d rea sonabl e di l i gence i n att em pt i ng t o fi l e, af t er the e xtr a or di na ry c i r c um s t a nc e s be ga n, the l i nk of c aus a t i on be tw e e n the e xtr a or di na ry c i r c um s t a nc e s a nd the f a i l ur e t o f

i l e i s br oke n. ” ( quot i ng B alday aque v. U ni ted Stat es , 33 8 F . 3d 14 5, 15 0 (2d C i r. 20 03 )) . T he causal chai n b etw ee n T orr e s ’ s l a w y e r ’ s ne gl e c ta nd T orr e s ’ s unt i m e l y f e de r a l habe a s pe t i t i on br oke w he n T orr e s l e a rne d tha the w a s unr e pr e s e nt e d. T orr e s doe s note ve n c l a i m t o ha ve pur s ue d hi s habe a s pe t i t i on a ta l l f or m o re th an a year fo l l o w i n g th atd i sco v ery. T h i s co u rtl i b eral l y co n stru es a pe t i t i one r ’ s a s s e rt i ons of di l i ge nc e dur i ng the t i m e he w a s pr oc e e di ng p ro se , but

“ pro se st atus, on i t s ow n, i s notenou gh t o w arrantequi t abl e t ol l i ng . ” R oy v. L a m p ert , 465 F . 3d 964, 970 ( 9th C i r . 2006) . B e c aus e T orr e s of f e r s no e xpl a na t i on o th er th an h i s pro se s t a tus f orthe de l a y be tw e e n J une 11, 2001, a nd the f i l i ng of h i s fi rstp et i t i o n i n st at e co u rto n Ju l y 2 4 , 2 0 0 2 , eq u i t ab l e t o l l i n g d o es n o tap p l y. T hatdel ay , by i t se l f, exce eded A E D P A ’ s one-y ear l i m i t at i on peri od and m eantthat T orre s’ s f

eder al pet i t i on w as fi l ed t oo l at e. W e de c l i ne t o c ons i de rT orr e s ’ s a c tua l i nnoc e nc e c l a i m be c aus e i ti s out s i de th e s c o p e o f

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ic a te o f ap p e a lab ility ( “C O A ” ) . See U ni ted Stat es v. Ch r is ta kis , 238 F . 3d 1164, 1168 n. 5 ( 9th C i r . 2001) . “ I f apa rty w i s he s t o e xpa nd5

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ap a rtia l C O A , h e m u s t f o llo w th e p r o c e d u r e s e t f o rth in C ir c u it R u le 22 -1(d), w hi ch re qu i re s hi m t o see k and ob t ai n from the appel l at e c ou rtbroader ce rt i fi ca t i on . ” I

d. T o rr e s d id n o t m o v e f o ra n e x p a n d e d C O A , a n d w e d e c lin e to c ons true the a c tua l i nnoc e nc e di s c us s i on i n hi s ope ni ng br i e f a s s uc h am ot i on. T orr e s doe s note ve n purportt o pr of f e r“ ne w r e l i abl e e vi de nc e ” i n s upportof the c l a i m , de s pi t e an i nve s t i ga t i ve s e rvi c e s budge tof $1, 350 a nd s i x e xt e ns i ons of tim e . See Sc h lu

p v . D e lo , 51 3 U . S . 29 8, 32 4 (19 95 ). AF F I RME D.