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Parties Involved:
Alfred Sergio Nickson
Petitioner
Cheryl Pliler
Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALFRED SERGIO NICKSON, 

Petitioner, No. CIV S-06-0608 DFL GGH P

vs.

CHERYL PLILER, Warden, 

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel with a petition for writ of

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On April 26, 2006, respondent filed a motion to

dismiss on grounds that petitioner has a habeas corpus petition pending in the California

Supreme Court. In his opposition, petitioner requests that this action be stayed.

The court will grant petitioner thirty days to file a request to hold this action in

abeyance. In Rhines v. Weber, ___ U.S. ___, 125 S. Ct. 1528 (2005), the Supreme Court held

that a habeas petition may only be stayed for further exhaustion if the petitioner can show good

cause for his failure to first exhaust his claims in state court. In the motion to stay, petitioner

should address the issue of good cause discussed in Rhines v. Weber.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that within thirty days of the date of this

order, petitioner shall file and notice for hearing a motion to stay this action.

DATED: 7/12/06

/s/ Gregory G. Hollows

GREGORY G. HOLLOWS

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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