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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KENNETH D. SMITH,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-04-0497 LKK DAD P

vs.

G.J. GIURBINO,

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with this action. In findings and

recommendations filed March 24, 2005, the undersigned has recommended that petitioner’s

motion to hold proceedings in abeyance be granted and that petitioner be ordered to present all

unexhausted claims to the California Supreme Court in a state habeas petition to be filed within

thirty days after this action is stayed. Petitioner has requested a thirty-day enlargement of time to

file his state exhaustion petition. Petitioner also requests that the court relieve him of the

obligation to file monthly status reports and require respondents to do so instead.

The March 24, 2005 findings and recommendations have been submitted to the

district judge for consideration. However, the findings and recommendations have not been

adopted and this action has not been stayed. If the district judge issues an order adopting the

findings and recommendations, petitioner’s thirty-day time limit for filing a state exhaustion

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petition will begin to run on the date of that order. Under these circumstances, petitioner is not in

need of an enlargement of time, and his request will be denied.

If all of the March 24, 2005 recommendations are adopted, petitioner will be

required to file and serve a monthly status report in which he describes the status of his state

exhaustion proceedings. Petitioner should indicate in his first status report the date on which he

mailed, or will mail, an exhaustion petition to the California Supreme Court. Subsequent status

reports should include such information as the case number that was assigned to his state habeas

petition, the receipt of any notice or order from the California Supreme Court, and his

submission of any additional filings to the state court. A status report may reflect that petitioner

received no notices or orders from the state court during the monthly period. Petitioner is not

required to obtain status information from the California Supreme Court before he prepares his

status report for this court.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner’s April 22, 2005 request

for enlargement of time and for modification of the pending findings and recommendations is

denied.

DATED: May 24, 2005.

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