Muro

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 ANTONIO MURO, Case No.: 22-cv-00550-LL-JLB

Petitioner,

REPORT AND

v. RECOMMENDATION ON

PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR

CONNIE GIPSON, et al.,

STAY AND ABEYANCE

Respondents. [ECF No. 4] 17 18 This Report and Recommendation is submitted to the Honorable Linda Lopez, United States District Judge, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Civil Rule 72.1(d). On April 20, 2022, Antonio Muro (“Petitioner”), a California state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus before this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (ECF No. 1.) On June 10, 2022, Petitioner filed the instant Motion for Stay and Abeyance pursuant to Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269 (2005). (ECF No. 4.) On July 27, 2022, Connie Gipson and California Attorney General Rob Bonta (“Respondents”) filed an opposition. (See ECF Nos. 9; 10.) On August 17, 2022, Petitioner filed a reply acknowledging that his…