Opinion ID: 3000540
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Heading: Request for Stay

Text: “A stay of execution pending the resolution of a second or successive petition for habeas corpus should be granted only when there are ‘substantial grounds upon which relief might be granted.” Garza v. Lappin, 253 F.3d 918, 920-21 (7th Cir. 2001) (quoting Delo v. Stokes, 495 U.S. 320, 321 (1990)). We see no reason to stay the execution and therefore deny Woods’ motion. We are mindful of the Supreme Court’s instruction that “there is a strong equitable presumption against the grant of a stay where a claim could have been brought at such a time as to allow consideration of the merits without requiring entry of a stay.” Nelson v. Campbell, 541 U.S. 637, 650 (2004).