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Parties Involved:
Tamara Nicole Bassett
Petitioner
Scott M. Kernan
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

TAMARA NICOLE BASSETT, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

SCOTT M. KERNAN, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:16-cv-2428 JAM AC P 

ORDER 

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

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On November 28, 2016, respondent filed a motion 

to dismiss which is set for hearing on February 15, 2017. ECF No. 6. In response to the motion 

to dismiss, petitioner requested that, if the court found her petition timely but her ineffective 

assistance of counsel claim unexhausted, she be granted a stay under Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 

269 (2005). ECF No. 12 at 5-7. Although the request for stay was not put forth as a separate 

motion, in the interest of judicial efficiency and so that all issues are fully briefed prior to the 

February 15, 2017 hearing, the court will allow petitioner to reply to respondent’s opposition to 

the request for stay. 

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 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner shall have until February 9, 

2017, to file an optional reply to respondent’s opposition to her request for a Rhines stay. 

DATED: February 2, 2017 

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