Free Order on Motion to Stay - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:07-cv—00473-Gl\/IS Document 12 Filed 06/23/2008 Page 1 of 1
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
: Civil Action
DAVID STEVENSON : (capital habeas corpus)
Petitioner, Case No. 1:07-cv-00473-GMS
v. DEATH PENALTY CASE
CARL C. DANBERG, Chief Judge Gregory M. Sleet
Commissioner, :
Delaware Department of Corrections :
Respondent. :
ORDER
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And now, this & day of June, 2008, upon consideration of Petitioner David Stevenson’s
Motion to Stay the Federal Proceedings to Permit Petitioner ’s Counsel to F orthwith Exhaust
Claims in State Court, it is hereby ORDERED:
1. Petitioner’s Motion is GRANTED;
2. Petitioner’s Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody is
STAYED pending exhaustion of state remedies of his unexhausted claims;
3. Counsel are ordered to forthwith exhaust all claims in the state courts and notify
the Court within thirty days of the final dis ition ofthe state court litigation.
Gregory Sleet, U SD]
F I L E D
I JUN 2 3 2008 V
u.s. DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF DELAWARE