Opinion ID: 811108
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Text: Before considering the district court’s decision to grant Green a stay we must address the State’s argument that the district court lacked jurisdiction to issue the stay because no habeas petition was pending before it. 28 U.S.C. § 2251 provides that a “judge of the United States before whom a habeas corpus proceeding is pending, may, before final judgment or after final judgment of discharge, or pending appeal, stay any proceeding against the person detained in any State court.” The State asserts that no habeas petition was pending before the district court. We disagree. On June 30, 2010, the district court granted Green’s Motion for Stay and Abeyance of his pending federal habeas petition. The district court’s order stayed Green’s petition pending resolution of Green’s incompetency claim by the state courts. The district court’s October 8, 2012 stay was entered in that case. Further, Green’s current motion for a stay of execution specifically relied on 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241 and 2254. (Pet’r’s Dist. Ct. Br. at 2.) Green also stated 6 No. 12-70031 that he sought habeas relief. (Pet’r’s Dist. Ct. Br. at 3.) He further submitted documents in compliance with the district court’s rules for habeas corpus filings. (Pet’r’s Supp’l Mot.) The district court recognized that “[t]his is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.” Green, No. H-07-827, at 4. We are persuaded that he has filed a habeas petition, and accordingly treat it as such.3