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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

NGHIEM D. DANG, Civil No. 11-1955-BTM(WVG)

Petitioner,

ORDER SETTING BRIEFING

SCHEDULE ON MOTION FOR

STAY AND ABEYANCE

v.

L.S. MCEWAN, Warden, 

Respondent.

On July 28, 2011, Petitioner, proceeding pro se, submitted a Petition for Writ of Habeas

Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 along with a Motion to Stay the proceedings. In

accordance with Rule 4 of the rules governing petitions for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254, and upon a preliminary review of the Petition and Petitioner’s Motion for

Stay, IT IS ORDERED that:

1. The Clerk of this Court shall promptly (a) serve a copy of the Petition, the Motion

for Stay, and a copy of this Order on the Attorney General for the State of California, or his

authorized agent; and (b) serve a copy of this Order on Petitioner. 

2. Petitioner shall file, no later than December 2, 2011, a document entitled

“Supplemental Motion for Stay and Abeyance.” In this document, Petitioner shall address how

he has satisfied the requirements for granting a stay and abeyance set forth by the United States

Supreme Court in Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269 (2005). In Rhines, the Court stated that a

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petitioner must show he “had good cause for his failure to exhaust, his unexhausted claims are

potentially meritorious, and there is no indication that the petitioner engaged in intentionally

dilatory litigation tactics.” Id. at 278;

3. Respondent may file, no later than December 23, 2011, an Opposition to

Petitioner’s Motion for Stay and Abeyance addressing whether Petitioner meets the standard set

forth in Rhines; and

4. Petitioner may file, no later than January 13, 2012, a Reply to Respondent’s

Opposition.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: October 31, 2011

 Hon. William V. Gallo

 U.S. Magistrate Judge

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