(HC) Williams v. People of the State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HENRY DON WILLIAMS, No. 2:17-cv-2627 TLN AC P Petitioner, v. ORDER PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF

CALIFORNIA,

15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, has filed a motion for a stay and a motion for appointment of counsel. ECF Nos. 37, 38. In his motion to stay, petitioner asserts that his family has hired an investigator to interview witnesses related to his claims of jury tampering and prosecutorial misconduct. ECF No. 37. He asks that the court stay these proceedings or grant such alternative relief as it deems necessary, or alternatively that it “grant extraordinary tolling or equitable tolling duration [sic] COVID-19 Pandemic.” Id. at 7, 9. Petitioner’s reason for seeking a stay is unclear from his motion, as is what deadline he alternatively seeks to toll. The petition is fully briefed, ECF Nos. 29, 35, it appears that the claims have already been exhausted in state court, ECF…