violation. The certificate of finality issued on his second PRP on April 9,1997. On April 18, 1997, Waldron-Ramsey next filed a motion in federal district court to reopen a prior federal habeas corpus action that previously had been dismissed for failure to exhaust. In this motion, Waldron-Ramsey asserted that all of his state claims were now exhausted, and he requested that the district court reopen the prior habeas action so that he could meet his deadline under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”) for filing his habeas petition. Because Waldron-Ramsey’s state conviction was finalized before AEDPA’s enactment on April 24, 1996, his deadline to file a habeas petition under AEDPA was April 23, 1997. See Miles v. Prunty, 187 F.3d 1104, 1105 (9th Cir.1999) (<HOLDING>). His April 18, 1997 motion had shown
holding that prisoners whose convictions became final on or before april 24 1996 must file their  2255 motions before april 24 1997 holding that the aedpa applies to those habeas corpus petitions filed after its effective date of april 24 1996 holding that in general aedpa applies only to habeas petitions filed after the statutes effective date of april 24 1996 and noting that aedpas special procedures for 28 usc  2254 petitions in capital cases apply also to petitions pending on april 24 1996 holding that a prisoner with a state conviction finalized before april 24 1996  had until april 23 1997 to file a federal habeas petition holding that prisoners had one year from the effective date of aedpa april 24 1996 to file their habeas petitions before they could be considered timebarred by the operation of  2244d1