DALE A. DROZD, Magistrate Judge.
Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This matter is proceeding before a United States Magistrate Judge with the consent of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). (
Section 2244(d) of Title 28 of the United States Code provides:
28 U.S.C. § 2244.
The following facts established by the record before this court are relevant to the statute of limitations analysis:
1. On December 2, 2004, petitioner was convicted in state court pursuant to his plea of no contest. (
2. On December 27, 2010, petitioner filed a request for permission to file a late notice of appeal in the California Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District. (Lodged Doc. 2.) That request was denied by order filed January 27, 2011. (Lodged Doc. 3.)
3. On June 8, 2011, petitioner signed and dated a petition for writ of habeas corpus directed to the Sacramento County Superior Court. (Lodged Doc. 4.) The petition was file stamped in that court on June 14, 2011. (
4. On October 3, 2011, petitioner signed and dated a petition for writ of habeas corpus directed to the California Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District. (Lodged Doc. 6.) The petition was file stamped in that court on October 6, 2011. (
5. On January 16, 2012, petitioner signed and dated a habeas corpus petition to be filed in the California Supreme Court. (Lodged Doc. 8.) The petition was file stamped in that court on January 19, 2012. (
6. On June 18, 2012, petitioner signed and dated another petition for writ of habeas corpus directed to the Sacramento County Superior Court. (Lodged Doc. 10.) The petition was file stamped in that court on June 21, 2012. (
7. On July 16, 2012, petitioner signed and dated the federal habeas petition filed in this court. (ECF No. 1.) The petition was filed stamped on July 20, 2012 and entered on the docket the same day. (
8. On July 25, 2012, petitioner signed and dated another petition for writ of habeas corpus directed to the California Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District. (Lodged Doc. 12.) The petition was file stamped in that court on July 30, 2012. (
9. On August 20, 2012, petitioner signed and dated another habeas corpus petition to be filed in the California Supreme Court. (Lodged Doc. 14.) The petition was file stamped in that court on August 23, 2012. (
The one year statute of limitations for petitioner's seeking of federal habeas relief began to run when his conviction became final. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A). Here, petitioner was sentenced on February 15, 2005 and did not timely file a notice of appeal from the judgment of conviction and sentence. Accordingly, his conviction became final on April 16, 2005, when the sixty day period for filing a notice of appeal expired.
For the foregoing reasons, this action is time barred unless petitioner is entitled to equitable tolling of the one-year limitation period.
In opposition to the motion, petitioner contends that his trial attorney provided ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to advise petitioner about his appeal rights. (
For the foregoing reasons, this action is barred by the AEDPA statute of limitations and must be dismissed.
Pursuant to Rule 11 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts, "[t]he district court must issue or a deny a certificate of appealability when it enters a final order adverse to the applicant." Rule 11, 28 U.S.C. foll. § 2254. A certificate of appealability may issue under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 "only if the applicant has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). The court must either issue a certificate of appealability indicating which issues satisfy the required showing or must state the reasons why such a certificate should not issue. Fed. R. App. P. 22(b). Where, as here, the petition is dismissed on procedural grounds, a certificate of appealability "should issue if the prison can show: (1) `that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the district court was correct in its procedural ruling'; and (2) `that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional right.'"
After careful review of the entire record herein, this court finds that petitioner has not satisfied the first requirement for issuance of a certificate of appealability in this case. Specifically, there is no showing that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the instant action is time barred. Accordingly, this court will not issue a certificate of appealability.
In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: