Harris v. Allen

OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

When petitioner Louise Harris filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, she immediately moved to stay and hold in abeyance federal proceedings on that petition. The court granted the motion. Harris’s petition is again before the court, this time on a motion to dissolve the stay so that her petition can now be heard on the merits. The court will grant Harris’s motion and dissolve the stay, but, for the reasons that follow, will also dismiss her petition without prejudice.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1989, Harris was…