Ninth Circuit· 11/3/2003

Sergey Spitsyn v. Robert Moore, Warden

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345 F.3d 796

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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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Judges: Alarcón, Gould, Clifton

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