Standard for Proving That a Prisoner Is Mentally Incapable of Filing a Timely Habeas Corpus Petition

摘要

In Bills v. Clark , 628 F.3d 1092 (9th Cir. 2010), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on the legal standard a petitioner must show to extend time limits for filing a habeas corpus petition when he is mentally impaired. The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of