Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit September 27, 2002, No. 00-35611; D.C. No. CV-99-05265-FDB (Keal v. Blodgett)

MEMORANDUM *

Ronald Keal appeals the district court’s decision that his petition for writ of habeas corpus is untimely. We affirm. Because the facts are familiar to the parties, we recount them only as necessary to explain our decision.

The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 [“AEDPA”], Pub.L. No. 104-132, codified in 28 U.S.C.