Guevara-Pontifes v. Baker

1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 4 5 BRANDON GUEVARA-PONTIFES, Case No. 3:20-cv-00652-ART-CSD 6 Petitioner, ORDER v. 7 RENEE BAKER, et al., 8 Respondents. 9 10 I. SUMMARY 11 Petitioner Brandon Guevara-Pontifes filed a First Amended Petition for writ 12 of habeas corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(ECF No. 18) (“petition”). Respondents 13 moved to dismiss the petition, contending, among other things, that Grounds 2(A) 14 and 2(C) are unexhausted. (ECF No 25 at 6–8.) Guevara-Pontifes, in turn, has 15 filed a motion to stay the case while he returns to state court to exhaust…