(DP) (HC) Mills v. Davis

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JEFFERY JON MILLS, No. 2:17-cv-2195 WBS DB 12 Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE 13 v. 14 RONALD DAVIS, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner is a condemned state prisoner proceeding on a petition for a writ of habeas 18 corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Before the court is petitioner’s motion to stay these 19 proceedings and hold them in abeyance pending the California Supreme Court’s resolution of 20 petitioner’s state habeas corpus petition. For the reasons set forth below,…