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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

WADE FELIX THORNTON, No. 2:03-cv-00755-MCE-DAD P

Petitioner, 

vs. ORDER

DIANA K. BUTLER, Warden,

Respondent.

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate

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

On December 17, 2007, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations herein

which were served on all parties and which contained notice to all parties that any objections to

the findings and recommendations were to be filed within twenty days. Neither party has filed

objections to the findings and recommendations.

The court has reviewed the file and finds the findings and recommendations to be

supported by the record and by the magistrate judge’s analysis. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY

ORDERED that:

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1. The findings and recommendations filed December 17, 2007, are adopted in full;

2. Petitioner’s March 9, 2007, motion for stay and abeyance is denied;

3. Petitioner’s October 22, 2007, motion for stay and abeyance is granted;

4. Petitioner is ordered to present his unexhausted claim to the California Supreme Court

in a further state habeas corpus petition to be filed within thirty days from the date of this order;

5. This action is stayed and the Clerk of the Court is directed to administratively close

this case;

6. Petitioner is ordered to file and serve a status report in this case on the first court day

of each month; and

7. Petitioner is ordered to file and serve a motion to lift the stay of this action, along with

a proposed amended petition containing only exhausted claims, within thirty days after petitioner

is served with the California Supreme Court’s order disposing of the state exhaustion petition.

Dated: February 5, 2008

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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