Benavides

. □ . 7 "UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT - SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA |] 1 JOHN BENAVIDES, Case No.: 21-cv-1186-BAS-RBM Petitioner, REPORT AND 13 || V- RECOMMENDATION RE: 14 || W.L. MONTGOMERY, Warden, ey AND ABEYANG oe FOR Respondent. [Doc. 3] 17 I. INTRODUCTION Petitioner John Benavides (“Petitioner”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (“Petition”). (Doc. 1.) Petitioner contemporaneously filed a motion for stay and abeyance (“Motion”). (Doc. 3); Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269 (2005); Kelly v. Small, 315 F.3d 1063 Cir. 2003), overruled on other grounds by Robbins v. Carey, 481 F.3d 1143 (9th Cir. ||2007). Respondent W.L. Montgomery (“Respondent”) filed a response in opposition on 25 ||…