The following excerpt is from Broxton v. Arnold, No. 2: 16-cv-1548 GEB KJN P (E.D. Cal. 2017):
The statute of limitations is not tolled between the time the petitioner's conviction becomes final on direct review and the time the first state collateral challenge is filed because there is no case "pending" during that time. Thorson v. Palmer, 479 F.3d 643, 646 (9th Cir. 2007).
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