Ortiz v. Director, TDCJ-CID

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS ABILENE DIVISION ENCARCION ORTIZ, Institutional ID No. 2192205 Petitioner, v. No. 1:20-CV-00136-H DIRECTOR, TDCJ-CID, Respondent. OPINION AND ORDER Petitioner Encarcion Ortiz—a state prisoner proceeding pro se—seeks a federal writ of habeas corpus to challenge the legality of his 2018 Texas state felony conviction under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (See Dkt. No. 1.) Respondent answers that the Court should dismiss Ortiz’s petition because it is barred by the applicable statute of limitations. (See Dkt. Nos. 15, 16.) Alternatively, Respondent argues…