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Parties Involved:
Charles Anthony Brooks
Petitioner
Ronald Davis
Respondent
San Mateo County Superior Court
Respondent

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No. C 15-4877 RS (PR)

ORDER STAYING ACTION

ForUnited States Distr the Northern District Court ict of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

CHARLES ANTHONY BROOKS,

Petitioner,

v.

RONALD DAVIS,

Respondent.

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No. C 15-4877 RS (PR)

ORDER STAYING ACTION

The Court ordered petitioner to (1) show cause why the action should not be dismissed

on grounds that he failed to exhaust his claims before filing the instant federal habeas action,

or (2) move to stay the action while he exhausts his claims. Petitioner chose to file a motion

for a stay.

His motion to stay the action is GRANTED under Rhines v. Webber, 544 U.S. 269,

277–78 (2005), good cause appearing therefor. The action is STAYED. Nothing further will

take place in this action until the Court decides further action is appropriate, or until

petitioner exhausts the unexhausted claims and, within thirty days of doing so, moves both to

reopen this action and to lift the stay. 

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No. C 15-4877 RS (PR)

2 ORDER STAYING ACTION

The Clerk shall amend the docket to reflect that Ronald Davis, the warden of the

prison in which petitioner is housed, is the sole respondent in this action. Petitioner

erroneously named as respondent the San Mateo Superior Court. Davis, not the superior

court, is the proper respondent in this action, as he is the custodian having day-to-day control

over petitioner, the only person who can produce the “body” of the petitioner. Brittingham v.

United States, 982 F.2d 378, 379 (9th Cir. 1992) (quoting Guerra v. Meese, 786 F.2d 414,

416 (D.C. Cir. 1986)). 

The order to show cause is DISCHARGED. The Clerk shall ADMINISTRATIVELY

CLOSE the file pending the stay of this action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: March___, 2016 

 RICHARD SEEBORG

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHARLES ANTHONY BROOKS,

Plaintiff,

v.

SAN MATEO COUNTY SUPERIOR 

COURT,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-04877-RS 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on 3/23/2016, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said 

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing 

said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle 

located in the Clerk's office.

Charles Anthony Brooks ID: ID: F-63379

San Quentin State Prison

San Quentin, CA 94974 

Dated: 3/23/2016

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Angella Meuleman, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable RICHARD SEEBORG

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