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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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1 Petitioner is a state prisoner filing pro se with a

petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

ORDER RE PETITIONER’S MOTION AND/OR REQUEST - 1

2:06-CV-1876-RRB-GGH

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

No. 2:06-CV-1876-RRB-GGH

ORDER

At Docket 12 is Petitioner Anthony M. Blackwell

(“Petitioner”) with motion to stay this action and hold it in

abeyance while he exhausts any and all additional claims in state

court.1 The motion is unopposed at Docket 14 and the matter was

subsequently referred to a United States Magistrate Judge, pursuant

to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local General Order No. 262.

On February 7, 2007, Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows

filed Findings & Recommendations (Docket No. 16) herein which were

served on the parties and which contained notice to the parties

that any objections to the same were to be filed within ten days.

ANTHONY M. BLACKWELL,

Petitioner,

vs.

RODERICK W. HICKMAN,

Respondent.

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2 Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269 (2005)(district courts have

discretion to hold a mixed petition in abeyance pending exhaustion

of unexhausted claims).

ORDER RE PETITIONER’S MOTION AND/OR REQUEST - 2

2:06-CV-1876-RRB-GGH

Neither of the parties have filed objections to the Findings &

Recommendations.

The Court has reviewed the file and finds the Findings &

Recommendations (Docket No. 16) to be supported by the record and

by proper analysis.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Findings & Recommendations (Docket No. 16),

filed on February 7, 2007, are adopted in full;

2. Petitioner’s December 4, 2006, request to stay

proceedings at Docket 12 is GRANTED2; and

3. This action is CLOSED administratively.

ENTERED this 25th day of September, 2007.

S/RALPH R. BEISTLINE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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