Jones

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CARLOS JUAREZ, No. 2:22-CV-1680-WBS-DMC-P Petitioner,

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

v. GENA JONES, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Pending before the Court is Respondent’s unopposed motion to dismiss, ECF No. 15, arguing this petition must be dismissed as untimely. Respondent has lodged relevant state court records in support of the motion, ECF No. 16. On January 11, 2017, Petitioner entered a plea of no contest to felony criminal charges of assault with a firearm, evading a police officer, and a great bodily injury enhancement, and was sentenced by the Sacramento County Superior Court on March 3, 2017, to a determinate prison term of eight years and eight months. See ECF No. 16-1 (abstract of judgment and minutes from plea hearing). Petitioner did not appeal and did not file any state court post- conviction actions. The…