Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit August 26, 1999, No. 98-35531 (Dictado v. Ducharme)

lead-opinion

BEEZER, Circuit Judge:

Fortunado Dictado appeals the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition. The district court concluded that Dictado filed his petition after the expiration of the one-year statute of limitations established in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1), the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (“AEDPA”), and dismissed the petition as untimely.