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STEVEN T. WAX
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December 7, 2010

Molly Dwyer, Clerk United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit P.O. Box 193939 San Francisco, CA 94119-3939 Re: Lee v. Lampert No. 09-35276

Dear Ms. Dwyer: This letter is to supplement the petition for rehearing en banc in the above entitled case with the attached opinion in Lopez v. Trani, No. 10-1088 (10th Cir. December 6, 2010). The panel in the present case held that the miscarriage of justice exception to procedural default articulated in Schlup v. Delo , 513 U.S. 298 (1995), did not apply to the federal habeas corpus one-year statute of limitations. The supplemental authority supports rehearing because the Tenth Circuit applied Schlup to a case filed outside the one-year limitations period. After reviewing the procedural history, the Tenth Circuit cited Coleman v. Thompson , 501 U.S. 722, 750 (1991), as articulating disjunctive exceptions to procedural default: causeand-prejudice or fundamental miscarriage of justice. Opinion at 4. The Court held that the Schlup actual innocence gateway applied to procedural barriers regardless of cause: We now expressly hold that, in the equitable tolling context as in the contexts discussed by the Supreme Court in Coleman and Schlup , a sufficiently supported claim of actual innocence creates an exception to procedural barriers

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for bringing constitutional claims, regardless of whether the petitioner demonstrated cause for the failure to bring these claims forward earlier. Opinion at 5. In treating the fundamental miscarriage of justice exception as applicable to the statute of limitations, the Tenth Circuit, as did the petitioner in this case, emphasized the narrow scope of the exception: We stress that this actual innocence exception is rare and will only be applied in the extraordinary case. Schlup , 513 U.S. at 321 (internal quotation marks omitted). Nevertheless, where such an extraordinary case exists, the lack of a showing of due diligence in pursuing claims should not prevent the equitable tolling of the statute of limitations for a prisoner who has presented a substantial claim of innocence. Opinion at 6. After holding that the petitioner passed through the Schlup gateway, the court denied a certificate of appealability on the merits. Opinion at 7-8. The Lopez opinion supports grant of rehearing en banc because it demonstrates that the panel opinion is inconsistent with other Circuit authority and with Supreme Court authority. Yours truly, /s/ Stephen R. Sady Stephen R. Sady Chief Deputy Federal Public Defender SRS/jcd cc: Assistant Attorney General Erin C. Lagesen Assistant Attorney General Carolyn Alexander Assistant Attorney General Janet A. Klapstein

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on December 7, 2010, I electronically filed the foregoing Notice of Supplemental Authority with the Clerk of the Court for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by using the appellate CM/ECF system. I certify that all participants in the case are registered CM/ECF users and that service will be accomplished by the appellate CM/ECF system.

/s/ Jill C. Dozark Jill C. Dozark