Case Name: Chad E. SINGLETON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ken CLARK, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-10-14
Citations: 458 F. App'x 584
Docket Number: No. 09-57003
Parties: Chad E. SINGLETON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ken CLARK, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON and D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and LYNN, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 458
Pages: 584–585

Head Matter:
Chad E. SINGLETON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ken CLARK, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 09-57003.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted October 11, 2011.
Filed Oct. 14, 2011.
Vicki Marolt Buchanan, Esquire, Sono-ma, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Chad E. Singleton, Corcoran, CA, pro se.
Kevin Vienna, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, AGCA-Office of the California Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before: PREGERSON and D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and LYNN, District Judge.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Barbara G. Lynn, District Judge for the U.S. District Court for Northern Texas, Dallas, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Chad Singleton appeals the district court's dismissal of his federal habeas peti tion time-barred. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
We review the dismissal of a habeas petition de novo, Jiminez v. Rice, 276 F.3d 478, 481 (9th Cir.2001), and the district court's factual findings for clear error, Brown v. Ornoski, 503 F.3d 1006, 1010 (9th Cir.2007). We view the factual allegations in the light most favorable to Singleton. Evans v. Chavis, 546 U.S. 189, 201, 126 S.Ct. 846, 163 L.Ed.2d 684 (2006).
Singleton's federal habeas petition is untimely, as he filed it after the expiration of the one-year statute of limitations. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1).
Singleton concedes that statutory tolling does not apply.
Equitable tolling is available only where extraordinary circumstances beyond the prisoner's control made it impossible to file a petition on time. Frye v. Hickman, 273 F.3d 1144, 1146 (9th Cir.2001). Singleton is entitled to equitable tolling only if he shows that (1) he has been pursuing his rights diligently and (2) some extraordinary circumstance stood in his way and prevented timely filing. Holland v. Florida, 560 U.S. -, 130 S.Ct. 2549, 2562-63, 177 L.Ed.2d 130 (2010).
Singleton did not act diligently. He has not explained the unreasonable gaps between the filing of each state petition, or from the finding of untimeliness by the state courts to the filing of his federal petition. See, e.g., Lakey v. Hickman, 633 F.3d 782, 787 (9th Cir.2011).
Singleton also has not shown how his disabilities prevented him from filing a timely petition. He bears the burden of showing that he was incapable of filing his federal petition on time. Miranda v. Castro, 292 F.3d 1063, 1065 (9th Cir.2002). He has not done so.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.