Case Name: Alfonzo MEEKS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Timothy MCKOY, Superintendent, Respondent-Appellee, and State of North Carolina, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-03-23
Citations: 371 F. App'x 441
Docket Number: No. 09-6208
Parties: Alfonzo MEEKS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Timothy MCKOY, Superintendent, Respondent-Appellee, and State of North Carolina, Respondent.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, SHEDD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 371
Pages: 441–442

Head Matter:
Alfonzo MEEKS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Timothy MCKOY, Superintendent, Respondent-Appellee, and State of North Carolina, Respondent.
No. 09-6208.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: March 10, 2010.
Decided: March 23, 2010.
Alfonzo Meeks, Appellant Pro Se. Mary Carla Hollis, Assistant Attorney General, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON, SHEDD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Alfonzo Meeks appeals from the district court's order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2006) petition as untimely filed. We previously granted a certificate of ap-pealability on the only issue raised on appeal: whether the one-year statute of limitations applies to Meeks' challenge of his disciplinary conviction. After reviewing the parties' additional briefing, we affirm.
A person in custody pursuant to a state-court judgment faces a one-year statute of limitations on any § 2254 petition. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1) (2006). Meeks' petition was indisputably filed over one year after his administrative conviction became final. On appeal, Meeks contends that (1) the statute of limitations does not apply to disciplinary convictions and (2) even if it did, his grievances and other filings should have tolled the statute.
We hold that the statute of limitations applied to Meeks' challenge of his disciplinary conviction. See White v. Lambert, 370 F.3d 1002, 1005-10 (9th Cir.2004) (challenging transfer to private, for-profit institution); Medberry v. Crosby, 351 F.3d 1049, 1062 (11th Cir.2003) (challenging prison disciplinary proceedings); see also Wade v. Robinson, 327 F.3d 328, 330-31 (4th Cir.2003) (holding, in a § 2254 action, that statute of limitations "applies to claims challenging any aspect of custody, so long as the petitioner is in custody pursuant to a state court judgment").
Meeks next argues that his grievances and prior lawsuits tolled the statute of limitations in this case. The one-year statute of limitations is tolled while a "properly filed application for State post-conviction or other collateral review" is pending. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(2) (2006). We find that the filings Meeks relies upon were not "properly filed application^]" sufficient to toll the statute. See Pace v. DiGuglielmo, 544 U.S. 408, 413, 125 S.Ct. 1807, 161 L.Ed.2d 669 (2005) (noting that analysis of the phrase "properly filed" should be guided by common usage and understanding).
Accordingly, we affirm the dismissal of Meeks' petition as untimely. We grant Meeks' motion to amend and deny his motion to dismiss. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED.