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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JUAN VALDEZ,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-06-1314 FCD KJM P

vs.

BOB HOREL, Warden, et al.,

Respondents. ORDER

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Respondents’ request for a stay was filed with this Court on December 18, 2007. 

Petitioner filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus with this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254

on June 14, 2006, challenging the validity of his initial parole board hearing. 

Respondents contend that this Court has the discretion to grant their request

because petitioner’s conviction, with his corresponding life sentence, has been set aside. 

Specifically, respondents assert that because there exists the possibility that petitioner may not

be convicted a second time for a crime with a life sentence, there is the possibility that the Board

of Parole Hearings’s 2003 decision will not affect petitioner’s release and will be moot. Thus,

respondents contend that this court has discretion to stay the action in the interests of judicial

economy.

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Respondents also state in their request that petitioner’s counsel agrees with

respondents’ request for a stay. However, petitioner has yet to provide notice to this Court of his

position regrading respondents’ request. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner notify this Court within

fourteen days of receipt of this order as to his position regarding respondents’ request for a stay,

as well as the status of any state court proceedings regarding petitioner’s underlying charged

offense. 

DATED: February 29, 2008. 

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valdez.demand

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