Grant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIE ULYSSES GRANT Case No.: 11cv3015-JAH-LL

Petitioner,

REPORT AND

RECOMMENDATION FOR ORDER v. GRANTING PETITIONER’S

UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR STAY

RICK HILL, Warden, et al. AND ABEYANCE PENDING STATE Respondents. COURT EXHAUSTION

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This Report and Recommendation is submitted to United States District Judge John A. Houston pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Civil Local Rules 72.1(d) and HC.2 of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. On September 9, 2019, Petitioner, by and through his counsel, filed a motion requesting that the Court stay and abey federal proceedings while Petitioner exhausts two new claims of his amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in the California Supreme Court, or alternatively, to find that Petitioner’s two claims are technically exhausted and excuse any …