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FindACase™ | Rios Lopez v. Blades
Rios Lopez v. Blades
MARCOS A. RIOS LOPEZ, Petitioner,
Pending before the Court in Marcos A. Rios-Lopez's federal habeas corpus matter are several motions filed by the parties. All named parties have consented to the jurisdiction of a United States Magistrate Judge to enter final orders in this case. (Dkt. 21.) See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) and Fed.R.Civ.P. 73. The Court takes judicial notice of the records from Petitioner's state court proceedings, which have been lodged by the parties. See Fed. R. Evid. 201(b); Dawson v. Mahoney, 451 F.3d 550, 551 (9th Cir. 2006).
Having reviewed the motions, responses, and the record in this case, the Court enters the following Order.
Petitioner filed a Motion for Appointment of Counsel, asserting that his English skills are very poor and that he has no legal training to properly pursue his case. (Dkt. 11).
After reviewing the entire record, the Court concludes that appointing counsel would not be helpful to the decisionmaking in this case. The issue of timeliness is straightforward. Petitioner can respond with factual showings regarding equitable tolling and actual innocence, neither of which is legally complex.
On November 13, 2018, Respondent filed a Motion for Summary Dismissal, seeking dismissal of all of Petitioner's claims. Petitioner's response was due 30 days later, but, to date, Petitioner has not filed a response, nor has he filed a motion for extension of time. He did, however, file a consent-to-magistrate judge form, and so it is clear that he has not abandoned his case. (Dkt 21.) Because perhaps Petitioner is waiting until his request for appointment of counsel is ruled upon before he attempts to draft his own response, the Court will permit additional time for a response, which shall be in the form of a response to this Order to show that the conditional ruling below should not be made final.
A. Habeas Corpus Review
Federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 is available to petitioners who show that they are held in custody under a state court judgment and that such custody violates the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a). Summary dismissal is appropriate where “it plainly appears from the face of the petition and any attached exhibits that the petitioner is not entitled to relief in the district court.” See Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases. When a petitioner's compliance with threshold procedural requirements is at issue, a respondent may file a motion for summary dismissal, rather than an answer. White v. Lewis, 874 F.2d 599, 602 (9th Cir. 1989).
The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) requires a petitioner to seek federal habeas corpus relief within one year from several triggering dates specified in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A)-(D). Which trigger is applicable depends on the nature and timing of the petitioner's claims. The first trigger, § 2244(d)(1) provides a means of calculating the limitations start date for the “application” as a whole, § 2244(d)(1)(A) (date of final judgment). The remaining three triggers require claim-by-claim consideration, § 2244(d)(1)(B) (governmental interference); § 2244(d)(1)(C) (new right made retroactive); § 2244(d)(1)(D) (new factual predicate). See Mardesich v. Cate, 668 F.3d 1164 (9th Cir. 2012), relying in part on dicta in Pace v. DiGuglielmo, 544 U.S. 408, 416 n.6 (2005)).
After Idaho Supreme Court issues a decision or denies petition for review, Petitioner files a petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court, and the petition is denied