Singh v. Martel
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ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows on 03/05/10 ordering the stay in this matter is lifted and DIRECTING RESPONDENT to File a Response to Petition within 60 days from the date of this order. Clerk to serve a copy of this order, a copy of the Petition and the Order re Consent on the Attorney General. (cc: Michael Farrell, Attorney General) (Plummer, M)
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ASHMINDAR JEET SINGH, Petitioner, vs. MICHAEL MARTEL, Warden, Respondent. / Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. By order, filed on July 14, 2009, this case was administratively stayed pending exhaustion of petitioner's claims no. 14 and 15, separate ineffective assistance of counsel claims,1 of the fifteen grounds that he raised challenging his conviction and 39-year-to-life sentence for various sex offenses. Petitioner was directed to advise the court within thirty days of completion of exhaustion. Petitioner has now filed an amended petition, wherein he indicates all of his claims are now exhausted. Docket # 7, pp. 6, 9, 301. Therefore, the court will now lift the stay. Since petitioner may be entitled to relief if the claimed violation of constitutional rights is proved, respondents will be directed to file a response to petitioner's amended habeas ORDER No. CIV S-09-1453 GGH P
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petition. In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 1. The stay in this matter is lifted and this case now proceeds; 2. Respondents are directed to file a response to petitioner's amended habeas petition (docket # 7) within sixty days from the date of this order. See Rule 4, Fed. R. Governing § 2254 Cases. An answer shall be accompanied by all transcripts and other documents relevant to the issues presented in the petition. See Rule 5, Fed. R. Governing § 2254 Cases; 3. If the response to the habeas petition is an answer, petitioner's reply, if any, shall be filed and served within twenty-eight days after service of the answer; 4. If the response to the habeas petition is a motion, petitioner's opposition or statement of non-opposition to the motion shall be filed and served within twenty-eight days after service of the motion, and respondents' reply, if any, shall be filed and served within fourteen days thereafter; and 5. The Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this order, the consent/reassignment form contemplated by Appendix A(k) to the Local Rules of this court together with a copy of the petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on Michael Patrick Farrell, Senior Assistant Attorney General. DATED: March 5, 2010 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows GREGORY G. HOLLOWS UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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