Martin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EDWIN LAMAR MARTIN, Case No.: 22-cv-1563-CAB-DDL

Petitioner,

REPORT AND

v. RECOMMENDATION REGARDING

PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR

BRIAN CATES, Warden,

STAY AND ABEYANCE

Respondent. [Dkt. No. 2]

This Report and Recommendation is submitted to United States District Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo 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. On October 11, 2022, Petitioner Edwin Lamar Martin (“Petitioner”), a California state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (“Petition”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Dkt. No. 1. Petitioner concurrently filed a Motion for Stay and Abeyance (“Motion”) pursuant to Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269, 277 (2005). Dkt. No. 2. On November 7, 2022, counsel for Respondent Brian Cates (“Respondent”) filed a notice of Non-Opposition to…