Martinez

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ALONZO JENKINS, Case No. 1:23-cv-01591 JLT SAB (HC) 12 Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING

13 v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS, DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

14 L.A. MARTINEZ, TO CLOSE CASE, AND DECLINING TO

ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

15 Respondent. (Doc. 15) 16 17 Alonzo Jenkins is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas 18 corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The magistrate judge observed, “Petitioner was 19 sentenced in 1998 and it appears that more than twenty years have passed since direct review of 20 Petitioner’s convictions became final.” (Doc. 15 at 4.) In addition, the magistrate judge 21 determined Petitioner did not show the petition was subject to statutory or equitable tolling. (Id. 22 at 4-5.) Therefore, the magistrate judge found the petition was untimely and recommended it be 23 dismissed. (Id. at 5.) 24 The Court served the Findings…