Rios

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ULYSSES ALEXANDER RIOS,

Case No. 15-01357 BLF (PR) Petitioner, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR v. STAY; DEEMING MATTER SUBMITTED SCOTT FRAUENHEIM, Warden, Respondent. (Docket No. 56)

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his state conviction out of Santa Clara County. Respondent filed an answer on June 15, 2020. Dkt. No. 44. Since then, Petitioner has been granted four generous extensions of time to file a traverse, such that the final deadline was set for June 27, 2021. Dkt. Nos. 47, 50, 52, 54. Petitioner has filed a motion for a stay in order to exhaust an additional “subclaim” of ineffective assistance of counsel based on counsel’s alleged failure to request a severance. Dkt. No. 56 at 1. However, Petitioner…