Davis
(DP) Tobin v. Davis
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRISTOPHER ALLAN TOBIN, Case No. 1:18-cv-01375-NONE-SAB Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
RONALD DAVIS, Warden of San Quentin State Prison, (Doc. No. 50) 15 Respondent.1
17 Petitioner Christopher Allen Tobin, a state prisoner convicted and sentenced to death in the Tulare County Superior Court by judgment entered on April 24, 1990, proceeds through appointed counsel, Assistant Federal Defenders Jonathan Samuel Sweeney and Karl Saddlemire, on the habeas corpus petition filed in this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on September 26, 2019. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. Before the court is a motion pursuant to Rhines v. Webber, 544 U.S. 269 (2005) filed on August 27, 2021 by counsel on behalf of petitioner to stay these federal proceedings and hold them in abeyance of state court…