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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SONNY JAMES MORALES, Case No. 1:20-cv-00894-AWI-JDP Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DENY PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR A

v. STAY AND ABEYANCE OF PETITION A. COVELLO, ECF No. 7 Respondent. 16 Petitioner Sonny James Morales, a state prisoner without counsel, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. Petitioner states one fully exhausted claim for relief: that the evidence at trial was insufficient to support his conviction. Id. at 5-6. Additionally, he moves for a stay and abeyance of his petition to exhaust the following two additional claims before the state courts: (1) that the prosecutor failed to disclose exculpatory evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) and (2) ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Id. at 40-46. On July 1, 2020, we ordered petitioner to show cause why his motion for a stay and abeyance should not be denied. ECF No.…