Legal Opinion
Efren Medina v. Ryan Thornell, et al.
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided January 21, 2026No. 2:21-cv-00889Unknown
1Opinion
1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Efren Medina, No. CV-21-00889-PHX-GMS 10 Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE 11 v. ORDER 12 Ryan Thornell, et al., 13 Respondents. 14 15 Pending before the Court is Petitioner Efren Medina’s Motion to Stay Proceedings 16 Pursuant to Rhines v. Weber, (Doc. 72), his Motion to Amend/Correct his Petition (Doc. 17 82) and his request that this Court authorize habeas counsel to represent him in state court. 18 (Doc. 74.) For the reasons below, the Court grants these three motions. 19 I. BACKGROUND 20 In May 2021, Mr.…
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