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Parties Involved:
Harol Lam Jordan
Petitioner
Jimmy Walker
Respondent

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HAROL LAM JORDAN,

Petitioner,

 v.

JIMMY WALKER, Warden,

Respondent. /

No. C 06-03626 SBA (PR)

ORDER LIFTING STAY AND

REOPENING ACTION

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The Court ordered Respondent to show cause why the petition should

not be granted. Respondent has filed an answer, and Petitioner has filed a traverse.

In an Order dated September 30, 2008, the Court granted Petitioner's motion to stay habeas

proceeding pending exhaustion of a claim relating to DNA testing, especially upon finding that he

had "shown good cause for his failure to exhaust his claim based on the evidence or absence of DNA

testing of that evidence before filing the federal petition, and the claim does not appear patently

meritless." (Sept. 30, 2008 Order at 2 (citing Rhines v. Webber, 544 U.S. 269, 277-78 (2005).) The

Court also stated: 

Nothing further will take place in this action until Petitioner receives a final decision

from the highest state court and, within thirty (30) days of doing so, moves to reopen

the action, lift the Court's stay and amend the stayed petition to add the newlyexhausted claim. 

(Sept. 30, 2008 Order at 3.)

On February 17, 2010, Petitioner informed the Court that his state proceedings had

concluded; however, he did not amend the stayed petition to add the newly-exhausted claim. 

Therefore, in an Order dated March 2, 2010, the Court directed Petitioner to file an amended petition

which incorporated the newly-exhausted claim he intended to raise in federal court. 

On March 10, 2010, Petitioner informed the Court that he had no newly-exhausted claims to

raise in federal court because the California Supreme Court "denied [his] motion to proceed with

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DNA testing." (Pet'r Letter at 1.) Therefore, he states that he "wish[es] to continue [his] habeas

corpus as is."

Before the Court are Petitioner's motion to lift the stay and his implied motion for the Court

to consider the merits of his original habeas petition. 

Good cause appearing, Petitioner's motion to lift the stay (docket no. 44) and his motion for

the Court to consider the merits of his original habeas petition are GRANTED. 

The Clerk of the Court shall REOPEN this case. The petition is deemed submitted on the

papers. The Court will review the merits of the petition in a separate written Order.

This Order terminates Docket no. 44.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 3/16/10 

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JORDAN et al,

Plaintiff,

 v.

WALKER et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV06-03626 SBA 

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 March 17, 2010, 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.

Harol Lam Jordan

Salinas Valley State Prison

Prisoner Id V-42322

P.O. Box 1050

Soledad, CA 93960

Dated: March 17, 2010

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk

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