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Parties Involved:
Patrick Covello
Respondent
Eric Minchak
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ERIC MINCHAK,

Petitioner,

v.

PATRICK COVELLO, Warden,

Respondent.

No. 2:20-cv-00063 GGH P

ORDER

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding through counsel, filed a petition for writ of habeas 

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. On January 8, 2020, petitioner filed a motion 

to stay and abey his federal habeas petition pursuant to Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269 (1995), in 

order to exhaust state court remedies on his ineffective assistance of counsel claim. ECF No. 2. 

The court will direct respondent to respond to the pending motion to stay. Petitioner has filed a 

habeas petition in the California Supreme Court setting forth the unexhausted claim. See ECF No. 

2. If petitioner exhausts his claims in the California Supreme Court prior to this court’s resolution 

of the pending motion, petitioner is advised to file a notice of exhaustion in this court. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Respondent is hereby directed to file an opposition or a notice of non-opposition to 

petitioner’s stay and abeyance motion within 30 days from the date of this order; 

2. Petitioner’s reply, if any, is due fourteen days thereafter; and

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3. If petitioner exhausts any claims in the California Supreme Court prior to this court’s 

resolution of the pending motion, petitioner shall file a notice of exhaustion in this court. 

4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on Tami Krenzin, 

Supervising Attorney General.

Dated: January 22, 2020

 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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