Case Name: Teofilo Ascencio GARCIA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Randy GROUNDS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-09-30
Citations: 584 F. App'x 835
Docket Number: No. 13-16665
Parties: Teofilo Ascencio GARCIA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Randy GROUNDS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before: W. FLETCHER, RAWLINSON, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 584
Pages: 835–836

Head Matter:
Teofilo Ascencio GARCIA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Randy GROUNDS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 13-16665.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 23, 2014.
Filed Sept. 30, 2014.
Teofilo Ascencio Garcia, Soledad, CA, pro se.
Paul O’Connor, Deputy Attorney General, AGCA-Office of the California Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for Respondent Appellee.
Before: W. FLETCHER, RAWLINSON, and CHRISTEN, 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 Teofilo Ascencio Garcia appeals pro se 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. § 2253. We review de novo a district court's dismissal of a petition for writ of habeas corpus as time-barred. See Spitsyn v. Moore, 345 F.3d 796, 799 (9th Cir.2003). We review for clear error disputed findings of fact. See id. We affirm.
Garcia contends that he is entitled to equitable tolling because his attorney abandoned him following his direct appeal. He also challenges factual findings made by the district court in dismissing his petition. We conclude that the district court properly dismissed Garcia's petition as untimely. The district court's factual finding that Garcia did not retain an attorney to litigate beyond his direct appeal is not clearly erroneous. Moreover, Garcia has not shown that he exercised reasonable diligence in pursuing his rights or that an extraordinary circumstance prevented timely filing of his petition. See Holland v. Florida, 560 U.S. 631, 649, 130 S.Ct. 2549, 177 L.Ed.2d 130 (2010); Doe v. Busby, 661 F.3d 1001, 1013 (9th Cir.2011) (discussing factors courts consider when petitioner contends that attorney misconduct caused the untimeliness).
We construe Garcia's additional arguments as a motion to expand the certificate of appealability. So construed, the motion is denied. See 9th Cir. R. 22-1(e); Hiivala v. Wood, 195 F.3d 1098, 1104-05 (9th Cir.1999) (per curiam).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provid ed by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.