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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 COLLEEN IVA-MARIE TORRES, No. 2:19-cv-00093-DAD-CKD (HC) Petitioner, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND GRANTING

JANEL ESPINOZA, PETITIONER’S MOTIONS FOR LEAVE TO

FILE A FIRST AMENDED PETITION AND

Respondent. FOR STAY AND ABEYANCE (Doc. Nos. 38, 41)

17 Petitioner Colleen Iva-Marie Torres proceeds through appointed counsel with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On January 4, 2023, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that petitioner’s motion for leave to file an amended petition and for a stay and abeyance of these federal habeas proceedings pending exhaustion of unexhausted claims (Doc. No. 38) be granted. (Doc. No. 41.) As noted in the pending findings…