Case Name: Michael David BAKKE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Anthony P. KANE, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-11-26
Citations: 256 F. App'x 110
Docket Number: No. 06-55576
Parties: Michael David BAKKE, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Anthony P. KANE, Warden, Respondent—Appellee.
Judges: Before: KOZINSKI, TASHIMA, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 256
Pages: 110–110

Head Matter:
Michael David BAKKE, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Anthony P. KANE, Warden, Respondent—Appellee.
No. 06-55576.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Oct. 19, 2007.
Filed Nov. 26, 2007.
Michael David Bakke, Soledad, CA, pro se.
Kenneth M. Stern, Esq., Law Offices of Kenneth M. Stern, Woodland Hills, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Douglas P. Danzig, Esq., Office of the California Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before: KOZINSKI, TASHIMA, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Michael David Bakke ("Bakke") appeals the district court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus as barred by the one-year statute of limitations of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA"). See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1). On appeal, Bakke contends that he is entitled to equitable tolling due to mental incompetency, or, at the least, an evidentiary hearing to establish his mental incompetency. Although mental incompetency is an "extraordinary circumstance" that may justify equitable tolling of the AEDPA's statute of limitations, see Laws v. Lamarque, 351 F.3d 919, 922-23 (9th Cir.2003), this case is squarely governed by Gaston v. Palmer, 417 F.3d 1030, 1034-35 (9th Cir.2005), amended by 447 F.3d 1165 (9th Cir.2006). Therefore, the judgment of the district court is
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.