Mendoza v. Carey, __ F.3d __ (9th Cir. Jun. 7, 2006) (evidentiary hearing required to determine if prison's failure to provide Spanish-language materials and assistance to Spanish-speaking inmates constituted extraordinary circumstance justifying tolling of one-year period for filing federal habeas petition); distinguishes Kane v. Garcia Espitia, 126 S. Ct. 407, 408 (2005) (per curiam) (denial of access to a law library cannot provide a basis for a pro se petitioner's habeas relief) because Mendoza only involves the tolling of an AEDPA deadline, not grant of habeas relief.

jurisdiction: 
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