Case Name: Ronald BRATTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Sue HUBBARD, Acting Warden; Attorney General of the State of California, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-01-10
Citations: 23 F. App'x 856
Docket Number: No. 98-55689; D.C. No. CV-97-06321-MRP
Parties: Ronald BRATTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Sue HUBBARD, Acting Warden; Attorney General of the State of California, Respondents-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 23
Pages: 856–857

Head Matter:
Ronald BRATTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Sue HUBBARD, Acting Warden; Attorney General of the State of California, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 98-55689.
D.C. No. CV-97-06321-MRP.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 12, 2000.
Submission Vacated and Deferred July 18, 2000.
Submitted Jan. 7, 2002.
Decided Jan. 10, 2002.
Before RYMER, KLEINFELD, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Ronald Bratton appeals pro se the district court's dismissal without prejudice of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. He raises three issues on which a Certificate of Appealability (COA) was issued (whether the district court was required to offer him the opportunity to amend his petition to delete unexhausted claims; whether the district court abused its discretion by not holding district court proceedings in abeyance while Bratton exhausted his claims; and whether the district. court erred by not exercising authority granted by AEDPA to deny unexhausted claims on the merits), and two that are not certified having to do with ineffective assistance of counsel. We decline to consider the uncertified issues or to expand the COA beyond what was allowed by the motions panel of this court. Ninth Cir. R. 22-1 advisory committee's note.
Because each of the certified issues was also raised in James v. Giles, No. 98-56751, we vacated submission pending a decision in that case. It has now been rendered. 269 F.3d 1124 (9th Cir.2001). James controls, and we accordingly vacate the district court's order dismissing the petition and remand for further proceedings that are consistent with James.
REVERSED IN PART AND REMANDED.
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.
. Bratton raises four additional uncertified issues in his "Amended" Opening Brief which was not timely filed. We decline to consider these issues as the brief was untimely and the issues are not certified for appeal.