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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JUAN MANUEL GARCIA, No. 2:23-cv-0744 KJM AC P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS TRENT ALLEN, et al., Respondents. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding through counsel, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Currently pending before the court is respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition as untimely. ECF No. 7. I. Factual and Procedural Background A. Conviction and Sentence Petitioner was convicted of first-degree felony murder and robbery, and a robbery-murder special circumstance was found true. ECF No. 1 at 9. On January 8, 2026, petitioner was sentenced to a state prison term of twenty-eight years to life. Id. B. Direct Review Petitioner appealed his conviction to the California Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District, which conditionally reversed his convictions and sentence on June 27, 2019. ECF No. 9- 2. On…