Opinion ID: 164111
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Text: 2 Petitioner-appellant, Ricky R. Garcia, is a New Mexico prisoner currently incarcerated in the state of California. Garcia filed a state habeas petition on April 23, 1997, one day before the expiration of the grace period established by this court for state prisoners whose convictions became final before the effective date of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA). Garcia's state petition was denied and the New Mexico Supreme Court denied his petition for a writ of certiorari. Five days later, Garcia filed his federal habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court concluded that Garcia failed to file his federal petition within the one-year statute of limitations for such petitions, see 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d), and that he was not entitled to equitable tolling of the one-year limitations period. Although the district court dismissed Garcia's federal petition as untimely, it granted him a certificate of appealability (COA) on the issue of how much time remains following the denial of a petition filed on the last day of the grace period. Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm the dismissal of Garcia's federal habeas petition.