Watson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KENNETH EARL WATSON, Case No. 20-cv-06318-SI

Petitioner,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v. Re: Dkt. No. 8 RALPH DIAZ, Respondent.

12 Kenneth Watson filed this pro se action seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Respondent has moved to dismiss the habeas petition as untimely. For the reasons discussed below, the court dismisses the action because it is barred by the statute of limitations. 16 BACKGROUND Kenneth Watson was convicted in San Mateo County Superior Court of first-degree murder and several sentence enhancement allegations were found true. On January 9, 2009, he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Docket No. 1 at 1. Watson appealed. On July 27, 2010, the California Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment of conviction. Id. at 3. Watson did not file a petition for review at that time. About nine years later, on September 6, 2019, Watson tried to…