Fuller

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 LARRY DARNELL FULLER, Case No. 20-cv-01878-JD

8 Petitioner,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

9 v. STAY AND ADMINISTRATIVELY

CLOSING CASE

10 GISELLE MATTESON, Re: Dkt. No. 2 Respondent. 11

12 13 Larry Fuller, a state prisoner, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 14 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He also applied for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Petitioner was 15 convicted in Alameda County, which is in this district, so venue is proper here. See 28 U.S.C. § 16 2241(d). Petitioner has paid the filing fee. 17 BACKGROUND 18 Petitioner was found guilty after a jury trial of one count of murder with the special 19 circumstance that the victim was killed to prevent his testimony. People v. Fuller, No. A149884, 20 2018 WL 492705, at *1 (Cal. Ct. App. Oct. 11, 2018). Petitioner was sentenced to a prison term 21 of life without the possibility of parole. Id. at 3. The California Court of Appeal affirmed the 22 conviction. Id. at…