Grant

INTRODUCTION

20 Petitioner Willie Ulysses Grant filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant 21 to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on December 23, 2011. Doc. No. 1. Pending before the Court is 22 Petitioner’s Motion to Stay and the Report and Recommendation (“Report”) filed by the 23 Honorable Judge Linda Lopez, United States Magistrate Judge, recommending the Motion 24 to Stay be granted. After careful consideration of the pleadings, for the reasons set forth 25 below, this Court ADOPTS the Magistrate Judge’s Report in its entirety and GRANTS 26 the motion to stay. 27 // 28 BACKGROUND On September 9, 2019, Petitioner filed the Motion to Stay presently before the Court. Doc. No. 53. Petitioner requested the Court stay the proceedings while Petitioner exhausts grounds fifteen and sixteen of his amended petition for writ of habeas corpus in the California Supreme Court, or in the alternative, to find those grounds for relief are technically exhausted and excuse any procedural bar. Id. On October 24, 2019, Judge Linda Lopez issued a thorough Report and Recommendation recommending this Court grant Petitioner’s Motion to…