Santoro

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PAUL EDWARD TIMBERLAKE, No. 1:20-cv-00013-NONE-SKO (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING

MOTION FOR STAY, DISMISSING

PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

v. CORPUS WITHOUT PREJUDICE,

DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE COURT

TO ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE FOR

PURPOSE OF CLOSING CASE AND THEN

ENTER JUDGMENT AND CLOSE CASE, KELLY SANTORO, Warden, AND DECLINING TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY Respondents. (Doc. Nos. 26 and 34)

19 Petitioner Paul Edward Timberlake is a state prisoner proceeding with counsel and in forma pauperis with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner was not yet represented at the time he filed, pro se, his petition and reply brief. (Doc. Nos. 1, 18.) In the pending petition, he raises six…