ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

PATRICK J. SCHILTZ, District Judge.

In 2005, petitioner Aldrin Guerrero Munoz entered an Alford plea to a charge of seconddegree intentional murder in Minnesota state court. See North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25 (1970). He was sentenced to a 390-month term of imprisonment. Munoz petitions the Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for relief from that sentence. This matter is before the Court on Munoz's objection to the March 27, 2014 Report and Recommendation ("R&R") of Magistrate Judge Jeanne J. Graham. See ECF No. 11. In that R&R, Judge Graham recommends that Munoz's petition be dismissed as untimely. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A) (requiring that a petition for habeas relief be brought within one year of "the date on which the judgment became final by the conclusion of direct review or the expiration of the time for seeking such review. . . .").

The Court has conducted a de novo review. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b). Based on that review, the Court overrules Munoz's objection and adopts the R&R. Only one matter merits comment: In his objection, Munoz continues to confuse the limitations period set by state law for state-court motions for post-conviction relief with the limitations period set by federal law for federal-court petitions for habeas relief. Munoz argues that his state-court motion for post-conviction relief was timely under Minnesota law. But even if Munoz is correct, this Court still cannot afford relief to Munoz on his habeas petition because, for the reasons explained by Judge Graham, that petition was not filed within the limitations period set by federal law. Accordingly, Munoz's petition must be dismissed.

ORDER

Based on the foregoing, and on all of the files, records, and proceedings herein, the Court ADOPTS the March 27, 2014 R&R [ECF No. 11] and OVERRULES petitioner Aldrin Guerrero Munoz's objection [ECF No. 12]. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

LET JUDGMENT BE ENTERED ACCORDINGLY.