Devin Bennett v. Burl Cain, et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN DIVISION DEVIN BENNETT PETITIONER V. CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:24-CV-613-KHJ BURL CAIN, et al. RESPONDENTS ORDER This is a capital habeas case. Petitioner, Devin Bennett (“Bennett”), moved to stay and abate proceedings while he exhausts claims in a successive state-court post-conviction proceeding. Mot. to Stay [25]. For the reasons below, the Court grants the motion. I. Background1 On August 25, 2000, Bennett took his infant son, Brandon, to the emergency room at River Oaks Hospital in Flowood, Mississippi. When they arrived,…