James

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EDBERT JAMES III,

Case No. 19-06641 BLF (PR) Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR v. STAY; GRANTING MOTION FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS; INSTRUCTIONS TO

RALPH DIAZ, CLERK Respondent.

(Docket Nos. 3, 4)

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his state conviction. Petitioner has filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). (Docket No. 4.) Petitioner has also filed a motion for stay and abeyance to exhaust additional claims in state court. (Docket No. 3.) For the reasons discussed below, the motion for a stay is GRANTED. 23 BACKGROUND According to the petition, Petitioner was found guilty by a jury in Contra Costa County…