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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LAWRENCE WILLIAMS, Case No. 1:18-cv-00748-AWI-HBK Petitioner, ORDER DIRECTING PETITIONER TO

EXPAND THE RECORD1

v. (Doc. No. 54) JOE LIZARRAGA,

THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE

Respondent. 16 Pending before the Court is Petitioner Lawrence Williams (“Petitioner” or “Williams”) petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1). For the reasons stated below, the undersigned finds that expansion of the record is necessary. I. BACKGROUND Petitioner initiated this action by filing the instant pro se writ of habeas corpus on May 26, 2018. (Doc. No. 1). Respondent moved to dismiss the petition as untimely. (Doc. No. 13). The previously assigned magistrate judge recommended that the motion to dismiss be denied but

1 This matter was referred to the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302 (E.D. Cal. 2019). 2 The Court applies the “prison mailbox rule” to pro se…