Ignacio Canela v. W. L. Montgomery

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 IGNACIO CANELA, Case No.: 19cv1434-GPC (MSB)

Petitioner,

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION RE:

v. MOTION FOR STAY [ECF NO. 57] KATHLEEN ALLISON, Secretary, Respondent. 16 This Report and Recommendation is submitted to United States District Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel 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. Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on July 10, 2019, raising the single, exhausted claim that the trial court violated his federal constitutional rights when it revoked his right to self-representation just prior to the start of trial. (ECF No. 1 at 2, 6-8.) Respondent answered on October 10, 2019. (ECF No. 13.) Petitioner requested thirteen extensions of the deadline to file his traverse, which the Court…