UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT CHANCE BLACKMAN, No. 23-55340

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:21-cv-02739- v. MEMF-JPR THERESA CISNEROS, OPINION Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 11, 2024 Pasadena, California

Filed November 29, 2024

Before: Sandra S. Ikuta, Michelle T. Friedland, and Kenneth K. Lee, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Ikuta 2 BLACKMAN V. CISNEROS

SUMMARY*

Habeas Corpus

The panel affirmed the district court’s judgment dismissing a federal habeas petition filed by state prisoner Chance Blackman more than a year after the federal statute of limitations had run. Blackman claimed he is entitled to equitable tol