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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AARON MONTGOMERY, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

S. PERRY, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:15-cv-1220 AC P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pros se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

 This court previously denied petitioner’s request for a stay and abeyance after finding that 

petitioner had failed to provide the supplemental information he had been ordered to provide. 

ECF No. 15. Petitioner has now filed another request to stay this case in which he states that he 

did respond to the court’s October 16, 2015 order and indicates that his response may not have 

reached the court because it was mishandled by prison staff. ECF No. 27. Petitioner states that 

he did exhaust all the issues contained in the petition in state court. Id. Since petitioner is 

asserting that the petition is fully exhausted, a stay under Kelly v. Small, 315 F.3d 1063 (9th Cir. 

2003), which does not require a showing of good cause, may be appropriate. The court will 

therefore vacate respondent’s deadline to respond to the petition and give respondent an 

opportunity to respond to the motion for stay. 

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Respondent’s deadline to respond to the petition is vacated. 

2. Within twenty-one days of the filing of this order, respondent may file a response to 

petitioner’s request for stay and abeyance under Kelly (ECF No. 27). Respondent is not required 

to respond to the request for stay, but the absence of a response will be deemed consent to the 

issuance of a stay. 

DATED: February 22, 2016 

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