Opinion ID: 857107
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Heading: Date Judgment Became Final

Text: Madden did not file a petition for writ of certiorari after the August 20, 2008 refusal of his out-of-time PDR. Thus, under § 2244(d)(1)(A), his conviction became final ninety days later, on November 18, 2008. See Sup. Ct. R. 13.1; Jimenez v. Quarterman, 555 U.S. 113, 121 (2009) (holding that a conviction is not “final” until resolution of an out-of-time direct appeal); Roberts v. Cockrell, 319 F.3d 690, 693 (5th Cir. 2003) (stating that if a habeas petitioner has pursued direct relief through the state’s highest court, his conviction becomes final when the ninety-day period for filing an application for writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court expires). Contrary to Madden’s assertion, the mandate date does not determine the finality of his conviction for purposes of § 2244(d)(1)(A). See Roberts, 319 F.3d at 694-95 (mandate date inapplicable in determining finality 5 Case: 11-10690 Document: 00512195689 Page: 6 Date Filed: 04/03/2013 No. 11-10690 of conviction for purposes of one-year period). Because Madden’s § 2254 habeas petition was filed on July 15, 2010, more than one year after the limitations period began to run, it is facially untimely.2 Madden’s federal petition would have been subject to statutory tolling if he had a properly filed state habeas petition pending in state court during the one-year limitations period. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(2). However, we find that statutory tolling does not apply because none of his state petitions was pending during the limitations period. Madden filed his September 2008 petition before the one-year period began to run,3 and his January 2010 petition after it had expired. See Scott v. Johnson, 227 F.3d 260, 263 (5th Cir. 2000) (state application filed after federal limitations period expired does not toll limitations period). Madden’s federal habeas petition, filed approximately eight months after the one-year limitations period elapsed, is therefore untimely absent a state-created impediment or equitable tolling.