Horn

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KAVON WILLIAM CRY, No. 2:24-cv-0921 TLN AC P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS PATWIN HORN, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Currently pending before the court are respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition as partially unexhausted and petitioner’s motion to stay. ECF Nos. 15, 17. I. Factual Background and Procedural History On July 19, 2016, petitioner was convicted in Sacramento County Superior Court of first- degree murder and second-degree attempted robbery with robbery-murder special circumstances. ECF No. 5 at 1; ECF No. 13-1 (Lod. Doc. 1). He was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for the murder, plus twenty-five years to life for the enhancement, and the sentence for the attempted robbery was stayed. ECF No. 13-1. Petitioner, through counsel, appealed his conviction…