Tampkins
(HC) Otto v. Tampkins
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RUSSELL W. OTTO, No. 2:19-cv-00425 MCE GGH P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
CYNTHIA TAMPKINS, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding in pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Pending before the court is petitioner’s motion to stay pursuant to Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269 (2005). ECF No. 18. Respondent has filed an opposition. ECF No. 19. A district court may properly stay a habeas petition and hold it in abeyance pursuant to Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269 (2005). See King v. Ryan, 564 F.3d 1133, 1135 (9th Cir. 2009). Under Rhines, a district court may stay a mixed petition to allow a petitioner to present an unexhausted claim to the state courts. Rhines, 544 U.S. at 277. Assuming the petition itself has been timely filed, such a stay “eliminates entirely any limitations issue with regard to the originally unexhausted claims, as…