Davis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIE LEO HARRIS, Case No. 1:16-cv-01572-DAD

Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE

v. ORDER HOLDING FEDERAL

PROCEEDINGS IN ABEYANCE DURING

RON DAVIS, Warden of the California State PENDENCY OF STATE EXHAUSTION Prison at San Quentin, PROCEEDINGS 14 Respondent.

16 This matter is before the court following its December 5, 2018 order (Doc. No. 64) on the stipulation of the parties that respondent show cause why petitioner should not be granted a stay of these federal habeas proceedings pursuant to Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269 (2005) in order to allow him to exhaust in state court the unexhausted claims asserted in his mixed petition filed with this court on March 30, 2018.1 Respondent, through his counsel Deputy Attorney General Amanda Cary, filed a response to the order to show cause on January 30, 2019. Petitioner, through appointed counsel Saor Stetler and Richard Novak, replied to the response on February 28, …