Fuller

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 LARRY DARNELL FULLER, Case No. 20-cv-01878-JD

Petitioner,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. STAY AND ADMINISTRATIVELY

CLOSING CASE

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

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