Montanez v. Felker

NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT NOV 13 2009 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS JOSE MONTANEZ, Jr., No. 07-56726 Petitioner - Appellant, D.C. No. CV-07-00091-GW(PLA) v. MEMORANDUM * TOM FELKER, Warden, Respondent - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California George H. Wu, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted November 6, 2009 Pasadena, California Before: SCHROEDER and IKUTA, Circuit Judges, and SEDWICK, ** District Judge. Jose Montanez, Jr., is a California state prisoner appealing the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition as untimely. Petitioner is not entitled to equitable tolling, because he has failed to show diligence. See Bryant v. * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The Honorable John W. Sedwick, United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, sitting by designation. Ariz. Atty. Gen., 499 F.3d 1056, 1061 (9th Cir. 2007). The district court did not clearly err in finding that petitioner did not demonstrate that he requested his legal materials while in Administrative Segregation or made any effort to prepare a petition before such Segregation. AFFIRMED. 2