Kernan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSHUA DAVIS BLAND, Case No. 1:18-cv-01141-LJO-EPG-HC

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO

GRANT RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO

v. DISMISS, DISMISS PETITION FOR WRIT

OF HABEAS CORPUS, DENY

KEN CLARK, PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR DECREE

PRO CONFESSO, DENY PETITIONER’S

Respondent. MOTION TO COMPEL, AND DENY

PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL

NOTICE

(ECF Nos. 16, 26, 27, 49)

18 Petitioner Joshua Davis Bland is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his 2014 convictions in the Fresno County Superior Court for possession of child pornography. As the instant petition was filed outside 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)’s one-year limitation period, the undersigned recommends granting Respondent’s motion to dismiss and dismissing the petition as untimely. I. …