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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROQUE LARIOS, JR.,

Petitioner,

v.

ISMAEL ALOMARI, Warden,

Respondent.

Case No. 1:24-cv-00302-SKO-HC

ORDER DISMISSING PETITIONER’S 

MOTION FOR STAY AND ABEYANCE 

WITH LEAVE TO AMEND

[Doc. 3]

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a petition for 

writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On March 1, 2024, Petitioner filed the 

instant habeas petition. (Doc. 1.) Petitioner also filed a motion for stay and abeyance pending 

exhaustion of his state remedies. (Doc. 3.)

Petitioner is advised that the motion is deficient because Petitioner has failed to set forth

the claims he intends to exhaust and to demonstrate good cause for a stay. He indicates that the 

statute of limitations is expiring soon. While the Court understands Petitioner’s concern in 

seeking to stay the limitations period, the Court will not grant a blanket stay to permit 

Petitioner to research and discover claims at his leisure. Doing so would undermine the 

purpose behind AEDPA’s limitations period. 

Petitioner’s motion for stay will be dismissed with leave to renew. Petitioner is 

instructed to set forth the claims he wishes to exhaust in state court, the reasons why they were 

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only now discovered, and authority for granting the stay. 

ORDER

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Petitioner’s motion for stay is 

DISMISSED with leave to renew.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 13, 2024 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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