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Parties Involved:
Sandra Alfaro
Respondent
Dwayne Lavell Robinson
Petitioner

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DWAYNE LAVELL ROBINSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

SANDRA ALFARO,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-01445-JD 

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

STAY AND 

ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSING 

CASE

Re: Dkt. Nos. 11, 12

Petitioner has filed an amended motion for a stay of this action so that he may exhaust state 

court remedies for several claims in his habeas petition that he wishes to present to this Court. 

The Court GRANTS the motion to stay. Liberally construing the motion, petitioner has shown 

good cause for his failure to exhaust the claims before filing this action, the claims do not appear 

patently meritless, and there does not appear to be any intentionally dilatory litigation tactic by 

petitioner. See Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269, 277-78 (2005). Petitioner is informed that before 

he may challenge either the fact or length of his confinement in a habeas petition in this court, he 

must present to the California Supreme Court any claims he wishes to raise in this Court. See 

Rose v. Lundy, 455 U.S. 509, 522 (1982) (holding every claim raised in federal habeas petition 

must be exhausted). 

CONCLUSION

1. Petitioner’s motion for an extension (Docket No. 11) is GRANTED and the motion for 

a stay is deemed timely filed.

2. Petitioner’s motion for a stay (Docket No. 12) is GRANTED and this case is STAYED

to allow petitioner to present his unexhausted claim in state court. If petitioner is not granted relief 

in state court, he may return to this court and ask that the stay be lifted. 

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3. The stay is subject to the following conditions: 

(1) Petitioner must diligently pursue his state court habeas proceedings; and 

(2) Petitioner must notify this court within thirty days after the state courts have completed 

their review of his claim or after they have refused review of his claims. 

If either condition of the stay is not satisfied, this Court may vacate the stay and act on this 

petition. See Rhines v. Webber, 544 U.S. 269, 278 (2005) (district court must effectuate timeliness 

concerns of AEDPA by placing “reasonable limits on a petitioner’s trip to state court and back.”).

The Clerk shall administratively close this case. The closure has no legal effect; it is 

purely a statistical matter. The case will be reopened and the stay vacated upon notification by 

petitioner in accordance with section (3) above.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 7, 2016

________________________

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DWAYNE LAVELL ROBINSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

SANDRA ALFARO,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-01445-JD 

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 January 7, 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.

Dwayne Lavell Robinson ID: AK-0159

North Kern State Prison A1-229 u

P.O. Box 5000

Delano, CA 93216 

Dated: January 7, 2016

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

LISA R. CLARK, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JAMES DONATO

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