Davis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JORGE CONTRERAS, Case No. 1:19-cv-01523-AWI-SAB

Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE

v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION

ON PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR

RONALD DAVIS, Warden of California State EQUITABLE TOLLING Prison at San Quentin, (ECF No. 49) Respondent. OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS

18 Before the Court is a motion filed on July 23, 2020, by Petitioner Jorge Contreras, through counsel, to equitably toll the limitations deadline under 28 U.S.C. § 2244 for the filing of his federal habeas petition in this action. The motion requests that the current as tolled petition filing deadline of December 9, 2020 be further equitably tolled to June 9, 2021 on grounds of impediments arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 17, 2020, Respondent Warden Ronald Davis, through counsel, filed his opposition to the equitable tolling…