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Parties Involved:
Jeffrey Beard
Respondent
Rodney J. Smith
Petitioner

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No. C 14-5062 RS (PR)

ORDER STAYING ACTION

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

 *E-Filed 4/7/16*

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

RODNEY J. SMITH,

Petitioner,

v.

JEFFREY BEARD,

Respondent.

 /

No. C 14-5062 RS (PR)

ORDER STAYING ACTION

As shown by respondent, this federal habeas petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254

contains only unexhausted claims. Petitioner’s request for a stay (Docket No. 7 at 4; No. 11

at 1) is GRANTED under Rhines v. Webber, 544 U.S. 269, 277–78 (2005), good cause

appearing therefor. The action is STAYED so that petitioner can exhaust all his claims in

state court. Nothing further will take place in this action until the Court decides further

action is appropriate, or until petitioner exhausts all his claims and, within thirty days of

doing so, moves both to reopen this action and to lift the stay. 

The order to show cause is DISCHARGED. The Clerk shall ADMINISTRATIVELY

CLOSE the file pending the stay of this action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: April 7, 2016 

 RICHARD SEEBORG

United States District Judge

Case 3:14-cv-05062-RS Document 12 Filed 04/07/16 Page 1 of 1