Martinez
(HC) Jenkins v. Martinez
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALONZO JENKINS, Case No. 1:23-cv-01591 JLT SAB (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING
v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS
CORPUS, DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT
L.A. MARTINEZ, TO CLOSE CASE, AND DECLINING TO
ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY
Respondent. (Doc. 15) 16 Alonzo Jenkins is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The magistrate judge observed, “Petitioner was sentenced in 1998 and it appears that more than twenty years have passed since direct review of Petitioner’s convictions became final.” (Doc. 15 at 4.) In addition, the magistrate judge determined Petitioner did not show the petition was subject to statutory or equitable tolling. (Id. at 4-5.) Therefore, the magistrate judge found the petition was untimely and recommended it be dismissed. (Id. at 5.) The Court served the Findings…