Pfeiffer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TERRY SHORTS, No. 2:19-cv-0797 KJM KJN P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS C. PFEIFFER,, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a state prisoner, proceeding pro se, with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Respondent moves to dismiss the petition as barred by the statute of limitations. (ECF No. 17.) The motion is fully briefed. After careful consideration, the undersigned recommends that the motion be granted, and the petition be dismissed as time- barred. I. Factual and Procedural History In his instant federal petition, petitioner challenges his 2014 conviction of first degree murder with special circumstances, lewd acts with a minor, and sodomy and oral copulation with a victim under age 14. (ECF No. 18-1 at 1, 3 (Abstract of Judgment).) Various enhancements were also found true. (Id. at 1.) Petitioner admitted he suffered a prior conviction for aggravated assault…