Burton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AZEEM R. HOSEIN, No. 2:19-cv-0403 KJM AC P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS ROBERT BURTON, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, 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. 18. I. Factual and Procedural Background On January 13, 2015, petitioner was convicted of assault with intent to commit oral copulation, with an enhancement for being armed with a deadly weapon, and felony false imprisonment, with an enhancement for using a deadly weapon. ECF No. 1 at 1-2; ECF No. 19-1 (Lod. Doc. 1) at 219. He was sentenced to twenty-three years and eight months in prison, which included a four-month consecutive term for the enhancement on the false imprisonment charge. Lod. Doc. 1 at 219. //// //// A. Direct Review …