
    Willie NOBLES, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Carol PORTER, Respondent—Appellee.
    No. 07-36038.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted June 16, 2009.
    
    Filed July 1, 2009.
    Willie Nobles, Airway Heights, WA, pro se.
    Donna H. Mullen, Esq., AGWA-Office of the Washington Attorney General, Criminal Justice Division, Olympia, WA, for Respondent-Appellee.
    Before: PAEZ, TALLMAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Washington state prisoner Willie Nobles appeals from the district court’s judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition as untimely. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we affirm.

Nobles contends that he is entitled to equitable tolling for his reasonable reliance on Dictado v. Ducharme, 244 F.3d 724, 727-28 (9th Cir.2001), abrogated by Pace v. DiGuglielmo, 544 U.S. 408, 125 S.Ct. 1807, 161 L.Ed.2d 669 (2005). However, even with the benefit of equitable tolling based on this reliance, Nobles’ petition is time-barred. Cf. Harris v. Carter, 515 F.3d 1051, 1055-56 (9th Cir.2008).

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
     