Gregory Smith v. Kevin Chappell

MEMORANDUM

Gregory Calvin Smith appeals the denial of his motion to stay federal habeas proceedings in the district court while he returns to state court to exhaust 18 of the 60 claims raised in his second amended federal habeas petition. We lack appellate ju risdiction over this interlocutory appeal. District court orders denying motions to stay federal habeas proceedings to allow the exhaustion of state remedies are reviewable on appeal after the district court enters a final judgment. See, e.g., Blake v. Baker, 745 F.3d 977, 979-80, 983-84 (9th Cir.2014); Wooten v. Kirkland, 540 F.3d 1019, 1022-24 (9th Cir.2008); Olvera v. Giurbino, 371 F.3d 569, 572-74 (9th Cir.2004); cf . Thompson v. Frank, 599 F.3d 1088, 1090 (9th Cir.2010) (per curiam); Stanley v. Chappell, No. 13-15987, 764 F.3d 990, 992-95 , 2014 WL 3930452, at *2-4 (9th Cir. Aug. 13, 2014) (holding an order granting a motion to stay is not an appeal-able final order). Therefore, the district court’s order here fails the third requirement of the collateral order doctrine, that the order be “effectively unreviewable on appeal from a final judgment,” Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay, 437 U.S. 463, 468 , 98 S.Ct. 2454 , 57…