Opinion ID: 202724
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Text: 35 We have now determined that, in addition to the jury hold-out claim deemed exhausted by the district court, the sufficiency claim was also exhausted. Clements' habeas petition remains mixed, and he cannot proceed on a mixed petition. See Rose, 455 U.S. at 520-22, 102 S.Ct. 1198. Where a petition is deemed mixed, district courts must either dismiss the petition (in compliance with the total exhaustion rule announced in Rose, id. at 522, 102 S.Ct. 1198) or permit the petitioner to dismiss his unexhausted claims, id. at 520, 102 S.Ct. 1198. Therefore, we remand the petition to the district court, where Clements should be given the opportunity to dismiss his unexhausted claims. See Kelly v. Small, 315 F.3d 1063, 1069-70 (9th Cir.2003) (remanding an entire petition to the district court, after finding three claims exhausted despite district court finding to the contrary, and instructing the district court to allow the petitioner an opportunity to dismiss unexhausted claims); see also Vang v. Nevada, 329 F.3d 1069, 1076 (9th Cir.2003); Valerio v. Crawford, 306 F.3d 742, 771 (9th Cir. 2002) (en banc); Rockwell v. Yukins, 217 F.3d 421, 425 (6th Cir.2000); Murray v. Wood, 107 F.3d 629, 632 (8th Cir.1997). 15 If Clements declines to dismiss his unexhausted claims, the district court should dismiss the entire petition without prejudice.