Lizarraga

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTHONY CHARLES WRIGHT, No. 2:17-cv-0617 TLN AC P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS JOE A. LIZARRAGA Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. Pending before the court is respondent’s motion to dismiss on the ground that petitioner did not exhaust any of his claims prior to filing the petition in this court. ECF No. 21. Petitioner opposes the motion. ECF No. 22. I. Factual and Procedural Background On October 30, 2013, petitioner was convicted of first-degree burglary. ECF No. 1 at 1; Lod. Doc. 1. He was sentenced to a determinate state prison term of seventeen years. ECF No. 1 at 1; Lod. Doc. 1. A. Direct Review Petitioner, with the assistance of counsel, appealed to the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District. ECF No. 1 at 2. On July 30, 2015,…