Alixcair Valverde v. James Stinson, Superintendent, Great Meadow Corr. Fac.

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• holding that a prisoner is required \to demonstrate a 24 causal relationship between the extraordinary circumstances on which the claim for 25 equitable tolling rests and the lateness of his filing\
• holding that, to warrant the application of equitable tolling, the petition must \demonstrate a causal relationship between the extraordinary circumstances on which the claim for equitable tolling rests and the lateness of the filing\
• noting that the Court of Appeals should address only claims included in certificate of appealability
• noting that a petitioner is not ineligible for equitable tolling for waiting until late in the limitations period to file a habeas petition
• explaining that a petitioner must show that he “exercised reasonable diligence in attempting to file after the extraordinary circumstances began”
• holding “if the petitioner, acting with reasonable diligence, could have filed on time notwithstanding the extraordinary circumstances,” then equitable tolling was not available

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