(HC) Isom v. Small, No. 2:2009cv02350 - Document 17 (E.D. Cal. 2010)

Court Description: ORDER signed by Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr on 3/3/2010 ORDERING that the 14 findings and recommendations filed February 1, 2010, are adopted in full. Petitioner's 3 motion to stay, filed on August 24, 2009 is to be granted only if petitio ner files, within 28 days, an amended petition containing only fully exhausted claims, that is, absent claim 2 of the original petition. Should petitioner not elect to file an exhausted-claims-only petition and to further pursue a stay, this matter will proceed on the original petition with the unexhausted claim 2 stricken from the petition.(Duong, D)

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(HC) Isom v. Small Doc. 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEFFREY ALLEN ISOM, 11 12 Petitioner, No. CIV S-09-2350 GEB GGH P vs. 13 LARRY SMALL, Warden, 14 Respondent. 15 16 ORDER / Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed this application for a writ 17 of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The matter was referred to a United States 18 Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local General Order No. 262. 19 On February 1, 2010, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations 20 herein which were served on all parties and which contained notice to all parties that any 21 objections to the findings and recommendations were to be filed within twenty-one days. 22 Petitioner has filed objections to the findings and recommendations. Petitioner has also filed a 23 motion to dismiss his claim 2. 24 In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C) and Local Rule 72- 25 304, this court has conducted a de novo review of this case. Having carefully reviewed the entire 26 file, the court finds the findings and recommendations to be supported by the record and by 1 Dockets.Justia.com 1 proper analysis. 2 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 3 1. The findings and recommendations filed February 1, 2010, are adopted in full; 4 5 and 2. Petitioner’s motion to stay, filed on August 24, 2009 (Docket # 3), is to be 6 granted only if petitioner files, within 28 days, an amended petition containing only fully 7 exhausted claims, that is, absent claim 2 of the original petition; 8 9 3. Should petitioner not elect to file an exhausted-claims-only petition and to further pursue a stay, this matter will proceed on the original petition with the unexhausted claim 10 2 stricken from the petition. 11 Dated: March 3, 2010 12 13 14 GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR. United States District Judge 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2

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