Akins v. Kenney

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

RICHARD G. KOPF, District Judge.

This is a habeas corpus case that has been pending for a long time. In 2001, Samar Ramon Akins (“Akins”) filed his petition. Because the petitioner had not exhausted his state remedies, and following the law as it existed at that time, I dismissed this case without prejudice in February of 2002. However, Akins successfully sought review of that dismissal and the case was sent back to me in June of 2005 to determine whether to stay, rather than dismiss without prejudice, these proceedings. 1

In March of 2006, I stayed, but did not dismiss,…