Martel

BACKGROUND

22 Petitioner filed a petition in October 2012. (ECF No. 25.) Respondent filed an answer in 23 December 2013. (ECF No. 48.) After the withdrawal of one of his attorneys in 2015, petitioner, 24 through his remaining attorney, filed a reply in March 2017. (ECF No. 155.) For various 25 reasons, petitioner’s counsel changed twice after he filed the reply. The court appointed his 26 current counsel in May 2019. 27 //// 28 Petitioner then sought a stay of these proceedings and equitable tolling of the statute of limitations to permit new counsel to conduct investigations. The court granted those requests. In May 2021, petitioner filed the present motion to file a supplemental petition. (ECF No. 195.) Respondent filed an opposition (ECF No. 200) and petitioner filed a reply (ECF No. 204). Petitioner argues he should be permitted to add claims to his petition that prior counsel failed to raise due to conflicts of interest. MOTION TO FILE SUPPLEMENTAL PETITION I. Legal Standards Under 28 U.S.C. § 2242, an application for a writ of habeas corpus “may be amended or supplemented as provided in the rules of…