Davis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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RICHARD LACY LETNER, Case No. 1:18-cv-01459-NONE-SAB

Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE

v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE

RONALD DAVIS, Warden of San Quentin State JUDGE: MOTION FOR STAY AND Prison, ABEYANCE DURING PENDENCY OF STATE EXHAUSTION PROCEEDINGS Respondent. 15 16 17 Before the Court is a motion filed on March 19, 2020 by Petitioner Richard Lacy Letner, through counsel Michael Snedeker and Lisa Short, to stay federal proceedings pursuant to Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269 (2005), to allow state court exhaustion of claims and allegations in the mixed petition filed on December 19, 2019. Respondent Warden Ronald Davis, through counsel Deputy Attorney General Galen Farris, filed his opposition to the motion on April 3, 2020. Petitioner replied to the opposition on April 10, 2020. On April 17, 2020, the Court vacated the April 29, 2020 hearing on the motion and…