Becerra

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SANTIAGO COVARRUBIAS, Case No.: 19-cv-00546-BAS (WVG) 11 Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR STAY AND ABEYANCE v. (ECF No. 37) NEIL McDOWELL, Warden, et al., 14 Respondents. 15 Santiago Covarrubias is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a First Amended Petition (“FAP”) for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his conviction for first degree murder with the personal use of a firearm and sentence of 50 years to life in state prison. (ECF No. 8.) Currently pending is Petitioner’s unopposed renewed Motion for Stay and Abeyance in which he seeks a stay of this action to complete the exhaustion of his federal claims. (ECF No. 37.) I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Petitioner constructively filed his original pro se federal habeas Petition in the District Court for the Eastern District of California on March 12, 2019. (ECF No. 1 at 7.) The case was transferred to this…