Covello

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALEX AROZ, No. 2:21-cv-1934 TLN KJN P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS PATRICK COVELLO, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner paid the filing fee. Pending before the court are petitioner’s motions to stay this action in order to present his unexhausted claims to the California Supreme Court. (ECF No. 1, 3.) For the reasons stated herein, the undersigned recommends that petitioner’s motions to stay be granted. Background Petitioner filed the instant petition on November 2, 2021. (ECF No. 9.) Petitioner challenges his 2017 conviction for various sex crimes on a child, and raises twenty claims for relief, alleging as follows: The trial court abused its discretion by (1) removing petitioner’s counsel of choice and appointing new counsel over petitioner’s objections, (2)…