(HC) Feci v. Burton ( 2022 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JAMES MICHAEL FECI, No. 2:20-cv-00878-KJM-CKD P 12 Petitioner, 13 v. ORDER 14 ROBERT BURTON, 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this habeas corpus 18 proceeding filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The stay of these proceedings pursuant to Kelly v. 19 Small, 315 F.3d 1063 (9th Cir. 2003), has been lifted following petitioner’s exhaustion of his 20 state court remedies. ECF No. 49. Currently pending before the court is petitioner’s Request for 21 Authorization to Add Ground 8 and 9 which the court construes as a motion to amend his § 2254 22 petition. ECF No. 47. In light of petitioner’s request to withdraw his recently exhausted claims 23 for relief and to add two entirely new claims into his § 2254 petition, the court will set a briefing 24 schedule on petitioner’s motion to amend. 25 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 26 1. Respondent shall file a response to petitioner’s motion to amend within 21 days from 27 the date of this order. 28 2. Petitioner may file a reply within 14 days following service of the response. 1 3. The motion will be deemed submitted on the papers at the expiration of this briefing 2 schedule. See Local Rule 230(1). 3 | Dated: April 18, 2022 Card ht fa he 4 CAROLYN K.DELANEY 5 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 6 7 8 9 10 1] 12/feci0878 .briefm2amend.docx 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28