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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 RAY CHARLES DANIELS, Case No. 2:22-cv-00229-JDP (HC) Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA

v. PAUPERIS AND DIRECTING THE CLERK

OF COURT TO ASSIGN A DISTRICT

B. CATES, JUDGE TO THIS ACTION Respondent. ECF No. 6 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

THAT THE PETITION BE DISMISSED AS

TIME-BARRED ECF No. 1 17 Petitioner, proceeding without counsel, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 18 §2254. He raises several claims attacking a 1995 conviction for illegal possession of a firearm by 19 a person previously convicted of a violent offense. ECF No. 1 at 1. His claims are time-barred 20 and should be dismissed. I will grant petitioner’s second application to proceed in forma 21 pauperis, ECF No. 6. 22 The petition is before me for preliminary review under Rule 4 of the Rules Governing 23…