Cates

1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 RAY CHARLES DANIELS, Case No. 2:22-cv-00229-JDP (HC) 10 Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA

11 v. PAUPERIS AND DIRECTING THE CLERK

OF COURT TO ASSIGN A DISTRICT

12 B. CATES, JUDGE TO THIS ACTION 13 Respondent. ECF No. 6 14 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

THAT THE PETITION BE DISMISSED AS

15 TIME-BARRED 16 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…