Arias

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRANCISCO PADILLA, Case No. 1:25-cv-00019-SAB-HC

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION

RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF

v. PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR RHINES

STAY AND DISMISSAL OF PETITION

ROBERTO A. ARIAS, FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

WITHOUT PREJUDICE

Respondent.

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

TO RANDOMLY ASSIGN DISTRICT

JUDGE

16 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On January 6, 2025, Petitioner filed the instant federal petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging his 2019 Tulare County Superior Court convictions for which he was sentenced to an imprisonment term of twenty-five years to life. (ECF No. 1 at 1.1) Petitioner raises four grounds for relief. (Id. at 5–10.) A petitioner in state custody who is proceeding with a petition for writ of habeas corpus must exhaust state judicial remedies. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b)(1). The…