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Timestamp: 2019-04-18 14:27:00+00:00

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This is a federal habeas action filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner Curtis Walker seeks to challenge in this action his 2012 King County Superior Court judgment and sentence. Respondent filed an answer to petitioner's habeas petition together with relevant portions of the state court record. Petitioner filed a response to respondent's answer. This Court, having reviewed the submissions of the parties, concludes that this federal habeas action should be dismissed as untimely under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d).
On October 16, 2017, petitioner submitted his original federal habeas petition to this Court for filing. (See Dkt. 1 at 15.) Because of deficiencies in the original petition, the Court declined to serve that petition on respondent. (See Dkt. 5.) Petitioner filed an amended petition on November 27, 2017 (Dkt. 6), and that is the operative petition in this action.
Pursuant to § 2244(d)(1), a one year period of limitation applies to an application for a writ of habeas corpus filed by a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a state court. The one year limitation period generally begins to run from the date of the conclusion of direct review or “the expiration of the time for seeking such [direct] review, ” whichever is longer. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A). In this case, the period for direct review ended, at the latest, upon the expiration of the period for filing a petition for writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court. See Bowen v. Roe 188 F.3d 1157, 1158-59 (9th Cir. 1999).
The Washington Supreme Court denied petitioner's petition for review on direct appeal on November 5, 2014. (Dkt. 15, Ex. 11.) Petitioner had 90 days after the entry of that ruling (as opposed to the issuance of the state mandate), or until approximately February 3, 2015, to file a petition for writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court. See Rules 13.1 and 13.3 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of the United States. Because petitioner did not file a petition for writ of certiorari, his conviction became final on or about February 3, 2015. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A). Petitioner's one year statute of limitations began to run on the following day. See Corjasso v. Ayers, 278 F.3d 874, 877 (9th Cir. 2002).

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