Case Name: Wanda FAIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gwendolyn MITCHELL, Warden; et al., Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-09-17
Citations: 76 F. App'x 132
Docket Number: No. 03-15461; D.C. No. CV-02-03367-JW
Parties: Wanda FAIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gwendolyn MITCHELL, Warden; et al., Respondents-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 76
Pages: 132–133

Head Matter:
Wanda FAIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gwendolyn MITCHELL, Warden; et al., Respondents-Appellees.
No. 03-15461.
D.C. No. CV-02-03367-JW.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 8, 2003.
Decided Sept. 17, 2003.
Juliana Drous, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Gregory A. Ott, San Francisco, CA, Respondent-Appellee.
Before PREGERSON, THOMAS, and, PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Wanda Fain, a California state prisoner, appeals the district court's dismissal of her 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition as time-barred. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253. We review de novo, see Miles v. Prunty, 187 F.3d 1104, 1105 (9th Cir.1999), and we affirm.
Post-conviction counsel's miscalculation of Fain's statute of limitations deadline is not enough to warrant equitable tolling. See Miranda v. Castro, 292 F.3d 1063, 1067-68 (9th Cir.) (rejecting claim of equitable tolling despite counsel's mistaken advice about AEDPA deadline), cert. denied, 537 U.S. 1003, 123 S.Ct. 496, 154 L.Ed.2d 399 (2002); see also Frye v. Hickman, 273 F.3d 1144, 1146 (9th Cir.2001) (denying equitable tolling based on counsel's negligence), cert. denied, 535 U.S. 1055, 122 S.Ct. 1913, 152 L.Ed.2d 823 (2002).
Further, being pro se is not an extraordinary circumstance for habeas petitioners, and is not a basis for equitable tolling. Cf. Corjasso v. Ayers, 278 F.3d 874, 877-78 (9th Cir.2002) (approving equitable tolling only upon showing of extraordinary circumstances beyond prisoner's control).
AFFIRMED.
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