Long

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PAUL LEE JONES, No. 2: 19-cv-1261 TLN KJN P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS J. LONG, et al., Respondents. 16 Petitioner is a prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In 1978, petitioner was convicted of murder and sentenced to 7 years to life. (ECF No. 1 at 2.) This action proceeds on the original petition filed June 13, 2019, pursuant to the mailbox rule, as to claim one alleging that the Tehama County District Attorney violated petitioner’s plea agreement by opposing his request for parole and alleging aggravating circumstances at petitioner’s August 5, 2009 parole suitability hearing. (Id. at 8-9.) Pending before the court is respondent’s motion to dismiss on the grounds that petitioner’s claim is barred by the statute of limitations and not exhausted. (ECF No. 18.) On November 17, 2020, petitioner filed an amended opposition. …