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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 COLLEEN ANN HARRIS, No. 2:18-cv-0359 KJM AC P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS MOLLY HILL, Warden, Respondent. 15 I. Introduction Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges her 2015 murder conviction. This action was stayed by order filed August 28, 2018, pursuant to Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269 (2005), to permit petitioner the opportunity to exhaust additional claims in the state courts. See ECF No. 16 (order adopting findings and recommendations at ECF No. 15). Currently pending is respondent’s motion to dismiss this action due to petitioner’s failure to meet the court’s deadline for requesting that the stay be lifted, ECF No. 17, and petitioner’s motion to reopen this case and proceed on her proposed First Amended Petition, ECF No. 22. These matters are referred to the undersigned…