Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit April 24, 2003, No. 00-55488; D.C. No. CV-99-01115-MMM (Black v. Clarke)

AMENDED MEMORANDUM **

George Black, a California State prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition as untimely. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we vacate and remand. We review de novo a district court’s dismissal of a habeas corpus petition as untimely. See Miles v. Prunty, 187 F.3d 1104, 1105 (9th Cir.1999).