Riner v. Crawford

ORDER

EDWARD C. REED, JR., District Judge.

Background

This matter is before the Court on remand from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals with directions that the Court reconsider the dismissal “in light of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269, 125 S.Ct. 1528, 161 L.Ed.2d 440 (2005).” Order (docket # 62).

Petitioner originally came before this Court in 1999 on a petition for writ of habeas corpus. Upon a motion to dismiss, the Court determined that grounds 2A, 2C, 2E, 2F, 2G, and 3 of the First Amended Petition were unexhausted and that grounds 2B and 2D were…