Pfeiffer
(HC) LaTour v. Pfeiffer
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CORY DAVID LATOUR, No. 2:23-cv-02791-CKD Petitioner, v. ORDER WARDEN PFEIFFER, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this habeas corpus action filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The parties have consented to the jurisdiction of the undersigned for all further proceedings in this action including the entry of judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1). See ECF No. 11. Currently pending before the court is respondent’s motion to dismiss on the grounds that the petition was untimely filed and contains only unexhausted claims for relief. I. Factual and Procedural History On October 15, 2001, petitioner entered a no contest plea in the San Joaquin County Superior Court to five separate felony counts including kidnapping, second degree robbery, and carjacking. ECF No. 13-1 (Abstract of Judgment). He was sentenced to serve twenty years in prison. ECF No.…