TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:
Federal prisoner Michael Valdez filed a post-conviction petition for relief that was construed by the district court as a § 2255 motion and dismissed as untimely. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253, and because we hold that Valdez's motion was not time-barred, we reverse and remand.
I.
In 1991, a jury convicted Valdez of drug-trafficking, and of using or carrying a firearm during and in relation...
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