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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DANIEL WILLIAM MAY, Civil No. 14CV2038-BEN(JMA)

Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR

“STAY IN ABEYANCE” 

[DOC. NO. 15] & EXTENDING THE

DEADLINE TO FILE TRAVERSE

v.

ERIC ARNOLD, Warden, et al.,

Respondent.

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On January 22, 2015, Petitioner filed a Motion for Stay and

Abeyance. [Doc. No. 15.] 

The stay and abeyance procedure is one of several options a habeas petitioner who files 

a “mixed petition” (meaning a habeas petition containing both exhausted and unexhausted

claims) may choose to pursue in order to permit the petitioner to return to state court to exhaust

additional claims while the federal proceedings are stayed. Rhines v. Weber 544 U.S. 269, 125

S.Ct. 1528, 1534-35 (2005). Here, although Petitioner requests a “stay in abeyance,” the purpose

of his request is not to exhaust claims in the state court system, but rather to wait for the

disposition of a habeas petition filed by Petitioner’s co-defendant [Berardi v. Paramo,

13CV1598-BLM(BTM)] and to allow Petitioner time to obtain exhibits from the California

Supreme Court that were submitted in support of his petition to that court for habeas corpus

review. 

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Petitioner has not shown good cause to stay proceedings in this matter. The Court,

however, does find good cause to extend the deadline for Petitioner to file a Traverse in order

to allow him additional time to obtain the documents he seeks from the California Supreme

Court. Out of caution Petitioner filed a Traverse on January 29, 2015, while his motion to stay

was pending. [Doc. No. 17, p. 15.] If Petitioner wishes to file an Amended Traverse that includes

the documents he seeks from the California Supreme Court he may do so no later than March

13, 2015. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: February 4, 2015

Jan M. Adler

U.S. Magistrate Judge

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