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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

ORVAL D. FLANNERY,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-10-0950 GGH P

vs.

JAMES WALKER, Warden, 

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has paid the filing fee. 1

Since petitioner may be entitled to relief if the claimed violation of constitutional

rights is proved, respondent will be directed to file a response as set forth below.

Petitioner raises three grounds in challenging his 2005 Amador County Superior

Court conviction of petty theft with a prior (Cal. Penal Code § 666) and under the three-strikes

law (Cal. Penal Code § 667.5) for which he was sentenced to an indeterminate term of 25 years

to life. Petition, pp. 1-7. Of the three grounds raised, petitioner alleges that ground three is

unexhausted, and he brings a motion for the petition to be stayed pending the state court

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exhaustion of the unexhausted ground. See Motion to Stay (docket # 2). The court intends to

consider respondent’s response to the motion before adjudicating the request for a stay of the

petition.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that:

1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve the petition and the motion to stay

upon respondent; and

2. Respondent is directed to review the petition and the pending motion to stay 

and to file a response to the motion to stay, filed on April 14, 2010 (docket # 2), within twentyone days. 

DATED: June 1, 2010

 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows

GREGORY G. HOLLOWS

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

GGH:009

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