Case Name: Michael BIGELOW, Plaintiff, v. James S. HAVILAND, Warden, Defendant
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-04-17
Citations: 482 F. Supp. 2d 1002
Docket Number: No. 3:01 CV 7626
Parties: Michael BIGELOW, Plaintiff, v. James S. HAVILAND, Warden, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Supplement 2d
Volume: 482
Pages: 1002–1003

Head Matter:
Michael BIGELOW, Plaintiff, v. James S. HAVILAND, Warden, Defendant.
No. 3:01 CV 7626.
United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, Western Division.
April 17, 2007.
Jill E. Stone, Office of the Public Defender, Columbus, OH, for Plaintiff.
Diane Mallory, Jerri L. Fosnaught, Office of the Attorney General, Columbus, OH, for Defendant.

Opinion:
ORDER
KATZ, District Judge.
This Court, having balanced the factors for deciding whether to issue a stay of a judgment granting a petition for writ of habeas corpus, hereby grants the state's motion to stay this Court's order of February 27, 2007 granting Petitioner Bigelow's writ (Doc. 104). The Court has reviewed the briefs from both parties (Doc. 104, 108, 109, 110, and 111) as well as the governing caselaw, i.e., Hilton v. Braunskill, 481 U.S. 770, 775, 107 S.Ct. 2113, 95 L.Ed.2d 724 (1987) and its progeny in this and other Circuits. The Court finds that the factors weigh in favor of granting a stay pending appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The Court further finds that, given the caselaw and the facts as more fully explained in the state's briefs (Doc. 104, 109, 111), a release on personal recognizance, as requested by Petitioner (Doc. 110) is unwarranted and hereby denied.
The state's motion to stay (Doc. 104) is granted. Petitioner's motion for release on personal recognizance (Doc. 110) is denied.
IT IS SO ORDERED.