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Parties Involved:
Kathy Mendoza-Powers
Defendant
Arnold Trevino
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ARNOLD TREVINO, )

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Petitioner, )

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v. )

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KATHY MENDOZA-POWERS, Warden, )

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Respondent. )

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1:07-CV-00169 LJO DLB HC 

ORDER GRANTING RESPONDENT’S

MOTION FOR STAY AND STAYING

JUDGMENT PENDING DISPOSITION OF

MOTION TO VACATE

[Doc. #39]

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254. He is represented in this action by Steven C. Sanders, Esq.

On March 24, 2010, the undersigned issued an Order adopting the Findings and

Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge, granting the petition, and entering judgment. Petitioner

was ordered to be released within ten (10) days. On March 26, 2010, Respondent filed a motion to

vacate judgment. On March 30, 2010, Respondent filed a motion for stay pending disposition of the

motion to vacate and/or appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Petitioner filed a nonopposition to the motion to vacate and an opposition to the motion for stay pending appeal on

March 31, 2010. 

Pursuant to Rule 62(b)(4) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Court has discretion to

stay the judgment pending a motion to vacate filed under Rule 60. Because the order granting the

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petition directed the release of Petitioner within ten (10) days and those ten days have nearly passed,

the Court will issue a stay of the judgment until the motion to vacate judgment is resolved. 

Accordingly, Respondent’s motion for stay is GRANTED, and judgment is STAYED

pending resolution of Respondent’s motion to vacate judgment. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 6, 2010 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

U.S. District Court

E. D. California 2

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