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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARCOS GONZALEZ, No. 2:19-cv-01798-TLN-CKD (P) Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS PATRICK COVELLO, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this federal habeas corpus action filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Pending before the court is respondent’s motion to dismiss petitioner’s federal habeas corpus application on the basis that it is barred by the statute of limitations. ECF No. 20. Petitioner has not filed an opposition and the time for doing so has expired. For the reasons discussed below, the court recommends that the motion to dismiss be granted and petitioner’s application for federal habeas corpus relief be dismissed with prejudice as time barred. I. Factual and Procedural History Following a jury trial, petitioner was convicted of first-degree murder in the Fresno County Superior Court. ECF No. 21-1 at 1-2 (Abstract of Judgment). He was sentenced to 28 27 …