(DP) McWhorter v. Davis

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RICHARD ALLEN McWHORTER, Case No. 1:20-cv-00215-JLT 12 Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE 13 v. ORDER REGARDING MOTION FOR RHINES STAY AND ABEYANCE 14 CHANCE ANDES, Acting Warden of San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, 15 Respondent. 16 17 I. INTRODUCTION 18 Petitioner has filed a motion to stay the case pursuant to Rhines v. Weber,

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(2005), to allow state court exhaustion of claims in the

28 U.S.C. § 2254

amended petition for 20 writ of habeas corpus filed May 15, 2023 (hereinafter the “Federal Amended…