Case Name: Joel St. GERMAIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mike FERRITER, Montana Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-03-17
Citations: 598 F. App'x 519
Docket Number: No. 13-35376
Parties: Joel St. GERMAIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mike FERRITER, Montana Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before: FISHER, PAEZ and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 598
Pages: 519–520

Head Matter:
Joel St. GERMAIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mike FERRITER, Montana Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 13-35376.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 5, 2015.
Filed March 17, 2015.
Chad Wright, Hooks & Wright, P.C., Helena, MT, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Tammy K. Plubell, Esquire, AGMT-Of-fice of the Montana Attorney General, Helena, MT, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before: FISHER, PAEZ and IKUTA, 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
Joel St. Germain appeals the dismissal of his petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 collaterally attacking his convictions under Montana law. We affirm.
The petition is untimely. The one-year statute of limitations period expired on June 3, 2012, but St. Germain did not file his habeas petition until June 21, 2012. Contrary to St. Germain's assertions, the state did not waive its statute of limitations defense. It has consistently maintained throughout the course of this litigation that the petition was time-barred. Cf. Wood v. Milyard, — U.S. —, 132 S.Ct. 1826, 1831-32, 182 L.Ed.2d 733 (2012).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except •as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.