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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

MICHAEL DWAYNE TRYALS,

Petitioner,

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 

Respondent.

 

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Civil No. 12cv02333 BEN(RBB)

ORDER SETTING BRIEFING

SCHEDULE FOR PETITIONER'S

MOTION TO HOLD PROCEEDINGS IN

STAY AND ABE[Y]ANCE ORDER [ECF

NO. 3]

Petitioner, Michael Dwayne Tryals, filed a Petition for Writ

of Habeas Corpus on September 24, 2012, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §

2254 [ECF No. 1]. His "Motion to Hold Proceedings in Stay and

Abe[y]ance Order" was filed that same day [ECF No. 3]. Tryals asks

the Court to hold the Petition in abeyance while he returns to

state court to exhaust an unexhausted claim.

In Rhines v. Weber 544 U.S. 269 (2005), the Supreme Court held

that district courts have limited discretion to hold in abeyance a

mixed habeas petition, that is, one containing both exhausted and

unexhausted claims, in order to permit a petitioner to return to

state court to exhaust additional claims while the federal

proceedings are stayed. Rhines, 544 U.S. at 276-77. The Rhines

Court held that “a stay and abeyance ‘should be available only in

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limited circumstances,’ and is appropriate only when the district

court determines that there was ‘good cause’ for the failure to

exhaust.” Jackson v. Roe, 425 F.3d 654, 661 (9th Cir. 2005)

(quoting Rhines, 544 U.S. at 177). 

The court in Jackson noted that the Rhines holding applies to

stays of mixed petitions, but Rhines did not comment on the

validity of the withdraw and abeyance procedure when unexhausted

claims are withdrawn from a mixed petition and the resultant fullyexhausted petition is held in abeyance while petitioner returns to

state court to exhaust the unexhausted claims. Jackson, 425 F.3d

at 661. Because Jackson involved a mixed petition, the court held

that Rhines directly controlled and “left for another day the

question of whether the stay standard announced by the Supreme

Court in Rhines applies to our three-step stay-and-abeyance

procedure.” Id. 

Regardless of whether Tryals’ motion for stay and abeyance is

subject to the restrictions placed on this Court’s discretion to

issue a stay as set forth in Rhines, or is subject to the Ninth

Circuit’s withdraw and abeyance procedure, the Petitioner must

satisfy the criteria for issuance of a stay. Under either

procedure, he must demonstrate there are arguably meritorious

claims that he wishes to return to state court to exhaust and that

he is diligently pursuing his state court remedies with respect to

those claims. Jackson, 425 F.3d at 661; see Anthony v. Cambra, 236

F.3d 568, 575 (9th Cir. 2000). Petitioner shall address these

concerns in a brief in support of his Motion. In addition, he

should set forth facts in an attempt to demonstrate good cause for

his failure to timely exhaust the state court remedies. 

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CONCLUSION AND ORDER

The Petitioner may file a brief in support of his motion for

stay and abeyance no later than October 16, 2012. Any response to

the motion for stay and abeyance must be filed by Respondents no

later than November 6, 2012. The Petitioner may file a reply to

the Respondents' brief by November 27, 2012. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 26, 2010 ______________________________

 Ruben B. Brooks

United States Magistrate Judge

cc: Judge Benitez

All Parties

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