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YBANEZ v. JOHNSON

Nos. 98-10930, 98-50487 Summary Calendar.

204 F.3d 645 (2000)

Gilbert G. YBANEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee. Rolland E. Lawson, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 6, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Bennett, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, State Counsel for Offenders, Huntsville, TX, for Petitioners-Appellants.

Karyl Krug, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DeMOSS and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

In these consolidated cases, Ybanez and Lawson appeal the dismissal of their federal habeas petitions as time-barred. We reject their argument that the limitations bar of federal habeas review of state convictions starts to run when the state rules on habeas applications.

Ybanez's murder conviction became final March 17, 1988, when the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied his petition for discretionary review. Ybanez filed a state habeas application...

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