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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-HBK Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS TO DENY

v. PETITIONER’S MOTION TO STAY AND

HOLD THE PETITION IN ABEYANCE

A. COVELLO, (Doc. No. 9) Respondent. 16 Petitioner Sonny James Morales is a state prisoner proceeding in propria persona with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Doc. No. 1. Petitioner states one fully exhausted claim for relief: that is, 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 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. Doc. No. 1 at 40−46. On August 11, 2020, the Magistrate Judge assigned to the case issued Findings and…