Covelo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STANLEY LEE MASON, No. 2:20-cv-02187-TLN-CKD P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS PATRICK COVELLO, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel in this federal habeas corpus action filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Currently pending before the court is respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition on the basis that it is barred by the statute of limitations. ECF No. 9. The motion has been fully briefed. See ECF Nos. 14, 18. 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 in the Sacramento County Superior Court, petitioner was convicted of first-degree felony murder; assault with a deadly weapon; first-degree burglary; and, first- degree robbery. ECF No. 13-2 at 2…