SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioner-appellant Nilsa Rodriguez appeals from the District Court’s October 29, 2013 judgment dismissing her petition for habeas corpus relief, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, which she filed as “next friend” on behalf of her son, petitioner James Jimenez, who was then an inmate of Clinton Correctional Facility.1
*94Rivera’s first claim is that the District Court erred in concluding that she lacked standing to file a habeas petition as Jimenez’s “next friend.” As the Supreme Court has stated:
Decisions applying the habeas corpus statute have adhered to at least two firmly rooted prerequisites for “next friend” standing. First, a “next friend” must provide an adequate explanation— such as inaccessibility, mental incompetence, or other disability — -why the. real party in interest cannot appear on his own behalf to prosecute the action. Second, the “next friend” must be truly dedicated to the best interests of the person on whose behalf he seeks to litigate, and it has been further suggested that a “next friend” must have some significant relationship with the real party in interest.
Whitmore v. Arkansas, 495 U.S. 149, 163-64, 110 S.Ct. 1717, 109 L.Ed.2d 135 (1990) (citations omitted). “The burden is on the ‘next friend’ clearly to establish the propriety of [her] status and thereby justify the jurisdiction of the court.” Id. at 164, 110 S.Ct. 1717.
Upon our review of the record, we conclude that the District Court properly determined that Rivera failed to demonstrate that Jimenez was unable to litigate his own cause due to mental incapacity. Although Rivera asserts that Jimenez’s various disabilities rendered him incapable of advo-eating on his own behalf, the District Court chose to rely upon the most current mental health information available — in this case, a letter from J. Waldron, Chief of the Mental Health Unit at Clinton Correctional Facility — which explained that Jimenez’s therapy had stabilized his mental health issues and that he was no longer using psychiatric medications. This evidence supports the District Court’s conclusion that Jimenez was capable of litigating his own case and that Rivera therefore lacked “next friend” standing under the first prong of the Whitmore test. Because Rivera failed to satisfy her burden to justify her “next friend” status, the District Court lacked jurisdiction to consider her petition.
Rivera’s second claim is that the District Court was required to inform Jimenez that he could file his own habeas petition, and that Jimenez should therefore be permitted to file an untimely petition now. We also reject this claim. The District Court’s dismissal of Rivera’s “next friend” petition did not preclude Jimenez from filing his own habeas petition. Moreover, at the time of the District Court’s dismissal, Jimenez had almost eight months remaining of the one-year statute of limitations in which to file.2 The fact that Jimenez failed to do so within these eight months is not the fault of the District Court, which was under no obligation to explain to Jimenez the litigation options he had going forward. *95Rivera relies on cases where district courts chose to inform pro se litigants of their right to file their own habeas petitions, but there is no legal basis for concluding that district courts are generally required to do so.3 In any case, Rivera has provided no evidence to indicate that Jimenez even relied on the District Court’s order when he decided not to file his own petition. Accordingly, there is no legal basis for allowing Jimenez to file an untimely petition now.
Finally, this is not the rare and exceptional case that warrants equitable tolling of the statute of limitations to allow Jimenez now to file a pro se habeas petition, as petitioner requests. As the Supreme Court has stated, “a petitioner is entitled to equitable tolling only if he shows (1) that he has been pursuing his rights diligently, and (2) that some extraordinary circumstance stood in his way and prevented timely filing.” Holland v. Florida, 560 U.S. 681, 649, 130 S.Ct. 2549, 177 L.Ed.2d 130 (2010) (internal quotation marks omitted). There has been no such showing here.
CONCLUSION
We have considered all of the arguments raised by Rivera on appeal and find them to be without merit. For the reasons stated above, the October 29, 2013 judgment of the District Court is AFFIRMED.