Willie Lee Miles v. K.W. Prunty, Warden Attorney General of the State of California

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• concluding that equitable tolling is available only where extraordinary circumstances beyond petitioner’s control make it impossible to file a timely petition
• concluding that equitable tolling is available only where extraordinary circumstances beyond a petitioner’s control make it impossible to file a timely petition
• concluding that equitable tolling is available only where extraordinary circumstances beyond petitioner’s control make it impossible to file a timely petition
• concluding that when external forces, rather than the petitioner’s lack of diligence, account for the failure to file a timely claim, equitable tolling may be appropriate
• holding that a “prisoner with a state conviction finalized before April 24, 1996 . . . had until April 23, 1997 to file a federal habeas petition”
• holding that extraordinary circumstances existed when prison officials ignored prisoner’s request to pay habeas petition filing fee from his trust account and mail it directly to the court with the petition

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