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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ELIJAH MATTHEW HALL, Case No. 19-cv-08314-HSG

Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

DISMISS PETITION AS UNTIMELY

v. Re: Dkt. No. 16 PATRICK COVELLO, Respondent.

12 INTRODUCTION Petitioner, an inmate at Mule Creek State Prison, filed this pro se action seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Now pending before the Court is respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition as barred by the statute of limitations. Dkt. No. 16. Petitioner has not filed an opposition, and the deadline to do so has since passed. For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS respondent’s motion to dismiss. BACKGROUND On March 26, 2013, a Sonoma County jury found petitioner guilty of first degree robbery (Cal. Penal Code § 211), and one count of battery resulting in serious bodily injury (Cal. Penal Code § 243(d)). Dkt. No. 16, Ex. A. The jury found true the allegations that…