Alexeev

1 2 3 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

6 7 VICTOR ALEXEEV, No. C 19-5150 WHA (PR) 8 Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

DISMISS

9 v. 10 XAVIER BECERRA, (Dkt. No. 7) 11 Respondent. / 12 13 INTRODUCTION 14 Petitioner, a California prisoner, filed this pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus 15 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the criminal judgment of a state court. Respondent 16 filed a motion to dismiss the petition as untimely. Petitioner opposed the motion, and 17 respondent filed a reply brief. After careful consideration of the record and for the reasons 18 discussed below, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED and the case is DISMISSED. 19 STATEMENT 20 The parties do not dispute the following. On July 10, 2013, petitioner pled no contest to 21 two sex offense charges against a minor. On September 18, 2013, the trial court sentenced 22 petitioner to a term of five years in state prison. Petitioner did not file a direct appeal. On June 23 25,…