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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:1651 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

CHING LEE,

Petitioner,

v.

KAMALA D. HARRIS,

Respondent.

Case No. 15-cv-05316-BLF 

ORDER REQUESTING 

SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING ON 

PETITIONER'S MOTION FOR A STAY 

AND ABEYANCE

[Re: ECF 6]

This order concerns Petitioner’s pending motion for a stay and abeyance pending 

exhaustion of his wholly unexhausted petition. ECF 6. Petitioner files his motion on December 

31, 2015. ECF 6. Respondent filed an opposition on February 12, 2016. ECF 14. Petitioner did 

not file a reply by the scheduling order’s February 19, 2016 deadline. ECF 13.

On February 17, 2016, the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in Mena v. Long, --- F.3d ---, 

2016 WL 625405, at *1 (9th Cir. 2016). In that decision, the Ninth Circuit held that the Rhines v. 

Weber, 544 U.S. 269 (2005) stay and abeyance procedure “is not limited to mixed petitions, and a 

district court may stay a petition that raises only unexhausted claims.”

Accordingly, each side is requested to file a supplemental letter brief of no more than three

page, double spaced, addressing the impact of Mena on the Court’s determination of Petitioner’s 

pending motion for a stay and abeyance. The parties shall submit supplemental letter briefs, on or 

before March 18, 2016. There will be no replies to these submissions.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 10, 2016

 ______________________________________

BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

Case 5:15-cv-05316-BLF Document 15 Filed 03/10/16 Page 1 of 1