Sergey Spitsyn v. Robert Moore, Warden

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• recognizing that “sufficiently egregious” 26 attorney misconduct may constitute an extraordinary circumstance for purposes of equitable tolling of AEDPA’s statute of limitations (citations omitted)
• holding that a similar combination of misconduct was 'sufficiently egregious to justify equitable tolling'
• holding that the burden is on the petitioner for the writ of habeas corpus to show that the exclusion applies and that the “extraordinary circumstances” alleged, rather than a lack of diligence on his part, were the proximate cause of the untimeliness
• explaining that equitable tolling is available only when the extraordinary 15 circumstances were the cause of the petitioner’s untimeliness
• explaining that equitable tolling is available only when the extraordinary circumstances 8 were the cause of the petitioner’s untimeliness
• explaining that equitable tolling is available only when the extraordinary circumstances 19 were the cause of the petitioner’s untimeliness

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