Ellawendy

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ABDELFATAH ELLAWENDY,

Case No. 20-cv-02708 BLF (PR) Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING EXTENSION v. OF TIME TO FILE TRAVERSE; DIRECTING RESPONDENT TO

SERVE PETITIONER WITH

MONTEREY COUNTY SUPERIOR ANSWER; DENYING LEAVE TO

FILE MOTION FOR

COURT,

RECONSIDERATION Respondent. (Docket Nos. 26, 27) 17 Petitioner, a state parolee, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his 2019 state conviction out of Monterey County, which involved charges for stalking, several counts of assault, and dissuading a witness from testifying. Dkt. No. 1; Dkt. No. 12-1 at 1-2. Pursuant to a negotiated plea, Petitioner pleaded no contest to one count of assault with a deadly weapon, agreeing to serve no more than two years; the trial court sentenced him to two years in state…