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GRANT v. SWARTHOUT

No. 13-55584.

862 F.3d 914 (2017)

Willie Ulysess GRANT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary SWARTHOUT, Warden; Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 7, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tony Faryar Farmani (argued), Farmani APLC, San Diego, California, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Kevin Vienna (argued) and Mathew Mulford , Deputy Attorneys General; Julie L. Garland , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, San Diego, California; for Respondents-Appellees.

Before: Stephen Reinhardt, A. Wallace Tashima, and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

This case involves a prisoner's right to equitable tolling for the period during which he was prevented from completing his federal petition for habeas corpus by an "extraordinary circumstance." If equitable tolling applies, his habeas petition is timely. If it doesn't, he will likely spend the rest of...

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