Davis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JORGE CONTRERAS, Case No. 1:19-cv-01523-JLT

Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE

v. ORDER AND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

RON BROOMFIELD, Warden of California State Prison at San Quentin, 15 Respondent.1

17 On September 7, 2023, Petitioner Jorge Contreras, a condemned state prisoner, through appointed counsel, moved (1) to stay this federal habeas proceeding pursuant to Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269 (2005), so that he may present the state court with unexhausted claims contained in his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition filed on August 1, 2023, and (2) for leave to file a first amended petition. (Doc. 129.) Court records reflect that Respondent Warden Ron Broomfield, represented herein by Deputy Attorney General Christina Simpson, has filed neither an opposition nor a statement of non-opposition to Petitioner’s motion. Local Rule 230(c) provides that opposition to the

1 Ron Broomfield, appointed as warden of San Quentin State Prison…