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Parties Involved:
C. Evans
Respondent
Anthony Taylor
Petitioner

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26 1Petitioner’s counsel was substituted in by order filed June 23, 2005; the court granted

substituted counsel’s request for an extension of time to respond to the June 10, 2005 order on July

18, 2005.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTHONY TAYLOR,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-05-0860 DFL GGH P

vs.

C. EVANS, Warden,

Respondent. ORDER

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A joint scheduling statement in this matter was filed on August 16, 2005, pursuant

to the court’s order filed June 10, 2005.1 Petitioner pro se filed has paid the filing fee. In light of

the appointment of counsel, petitioner pro se’s May 18, 2005 motion to stay is hereby vacated. 

Upon a review of the case file and joint statement, the court makes the following ORDERS:

1. Petitioner pro se has paid the filing fee, discharging his obligation to file either

an in forma pauperis affidavit or the filing fee, pursuant to the court’s order, filed on June 10,

2005.

2. The motion to stay the petition, filed on May 18, 2005, by petitioner pro se is

hereby vacated as petitioner is proceeding with counsel;

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3. Petitioner’s counsel must file a further status report on or before November 21,

2005, informing the court whether or not petitioner will stand on his current petition of exhausted

claims only, will seek a stay and abeyance of the original petition, pending exhaustion of

additional claims, or will file an amended petition; should petitioner’s counsel seek a stay and

abeyance, he must identify all unexhausted claims on which petitioner intends to proceed and

must demonstrate good cause for petitioner’s having failed to exhaust state court remedies as to

any claim prior to filing his original petition, pursuant to Rhines v. Weber, ___ U.S. ___, 125 S.

Ct. 1528 (2005).

4. In the further status report to be filed on or before November 21, 2005,

petitioner’s counsel must also inform the court as to whether discovery and/or an evidentiary

hearing will be sought; should respondent oppose any such requests, he must file any opposition

within 30 days of petitioner’s setting forth the discovery he seeks or the need for an evidentiary

hearing; petitioner will have 15 days to file a reply to any such opposition.

5. Should petitioner elect to file an amended petition setting forth exhausted

claims only on which petitioner intends to proceed, petitioner’s counsel must file any such

amended petition along with any supplemental memorandum of points and authorities on or

before January 20, 2006, after which respondent must file any response to such amended petition,

whether in the form of a motion to dismiss or an answer, within 90 days thereafter; petitioner will

then have 30 days to file an opposition or a reply, as appropriate; if an opposition to a motion is

filed, respondent has 30 days to file a reply.

DATED: 9/20/05

/s/ Gregory G. Hollows

 

GREGORY G. HOLLOWS

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

GGH:009

tayl0860.pst

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