Hovsepian

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ARMIK A. HOVSEPIAN, Case No. 19-cv-04692-HSG

8 Petitioner, ORDER DIRECTING PETITIONER TO

SHOW CAUSE WHY PETITION

9 v. SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED AS

UNTIMELY

10 JOSIE GASTELO,

11 Respondent.

12 13 INTRODUCTION 14 Petitioner, an inmate at California Men’s Colony – East, filed a pro se petition for writ of 15 habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his 1994 conviction for attempted 16 murder. Dkt. No. 1. His petition is now before the Court for review pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2243 17 and Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts. He 18 has paid the filing fee. Dkt. No. 7. 19 BACKGROUND 20 According to the petition, in 1994, petitioner was convicted by a Santa Clara County jury 21 of two counts of attempted murder with firearm enhancements. Dkt. No. 1 at 1-2. On December 22 16, 1994, petitioner was sentenced to two life terms, plus…