Case Name: Samuel VENEGAS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John MARSHALL, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-06-24
Citations: 137 F. App'x 72
Docket Number: No. 04-55264; D.C. No. CV-03-02846-DDP
Parties: Samuel VENEGAS, Petitioner—Appellant, v. John MARSHALL, Warden, Respondent—Appellee.
Judges: Before KLEINFELD, TASHIMA and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 137
Pages: 72–74

Head Matter:
Samuel VENEGAS, Petitioner—Appellant, v. John MARSHALL, Warden, Respondent—Appellee.
No. 04-55264.
D.C. No. CV-03-02846-DDP.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 14, 2005.
Decided June 24, 2005.
Samuel Venegas, San Luis Obispo, CA, pro se.
Kenneth M. Stern, Esq. Law Offices Kenneth M. Stern, Woodland Hills, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Jane Catherine Malich, Esq., Office of the California Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before KLEINFELD, TASHIMA and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
California state prisoner Samuel Venegas appeals the district court's order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition as untimely. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2258. We review de novo the dismissal of a § 2254 petition on timeliness grounds, see Shelby v. Bartlett, 391 F.3d 1061, 1063 (9th Cir.2004), and we affirm.
Appellant is challenging the denial of parole by the Board of Prison Terms ("Board"). Appellant's one-year statute of limitations began "when the factual predicate of the claim or claims presented could have been discovered through the exercise of due diligence." See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(D). We conclude that appellant's claims are not specific to his most recent denial of parole, but instead are broad challenges to the Board's policy changes that have transpired over the last decade. Accordingly, we agree with the district court's conclusion that the factual predicates for the claims presented were reasonably discoverable years ago through the exercise of due diligence, see Redd v. McGrath, 343 F.3d 1077, 1084 (9th Cir.2003), and his petition is untimely. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(D).
Because appellant has not demonstrated that extraordinary circumstances beyond his control made it impossible to timely file his habeas petition, equitable tolling is not warranted. See Miles v. Prunty, 187 F.3d 1104, 1107 (9th Cir.1999).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.