The following excerpt is from Valdez v. Montgomery, 918 F.3d 687 (9th Cir. 2019):
Waldrip v. Hall , 548 F.3d 729, 737 (9th Cir. 2008).7 In re Lucero , 200 Cal.App.4th 38, 132 Cal.Rptr.3d 499, 50304 (2011) on which Valdez reliesis inapposite. Unlike the prisoner there, Valdez did not wait to file his second state habeas petition until after a new decision; he filed it before.
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