Case Name: Gregory DIXON, a.k.a. Greg Jerome Dixon, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert L. AYERS, Jr., Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-07-03
Citations: 474 F. App'x 535
Docket Number: No. 09-56242
Parties: Gregory DIXON, a.k.a. Greg Jerome Dixon, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert L. AYERS, Jr., Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, HAWKINS, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 474
Pages: 535–535

Head Matter:
Gregory DIXON, a.k.a. Greg Jerome Dixon, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert L. AYERS, Jr., Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 09-56242.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 26, 2012.
Filed July 3, 2012.
Gregory Dixon, San Quentin, CA, pro se.
Tannaz Kouhpainezhad, California Department of Justice, Los Angeles, CA, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before: SCHROEDER, HAWKINS, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
California state prisoner Gregory Dixon appeals from the district court's judgment dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition as untimely. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2258, and we vacate and remand.
Dixon contends that he is entitled to equitable tolling of AEDPA's statute of limitations through September 2007 due to schizophrenia that prevented him from timely filing a federal habeas petition. The uncontested evidence that Dixon submitted in the district court was sufficient to support the inference that his mental illness was severe and continued throughout the limitations period, so as to entitle him to an evidentiary hearing to determine his entitlement to equitable tolling. See Bills v. Clark, 628 F.3d 1092, 1100 (9th Cir.2010); Laws v. Lamarque, 351 F.3d 919, 924 (9th Cir.2003). The evidence further suggested that Dixon acted with diligence in pursuing his legal remedies once the burden of mental illness was lifted. See Bills, 628 F.3d at 1100-01. Accordingly, we remand for an evidentiary hearing.
VACATED and REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.