Woods #737144 v. Smith

Filing 9

ORDER denying certificate of appealability; denying motion to stay 7 ; signed by Chief Judge Paul L. Maloney (Chief Judge Paul L. Maloney, kw)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

TROY ANTHONY WOODS,
Petitioner,

Case No. 1:12-cv-672

v.

Honorable Paul L. Maloney

WILLIE O. SMITH,
Respondent.
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ORDER
In accordance with the Opinion entered this day:
IT IS ORDERED that Petitioner’s motion to hold these proceedings in abeyance
(docket # 7) is DENIED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a certificate of appealability from the judgment
issued this date is DENIED because a reasonable jurist could not conclude either that the district
court erred in dismissing the petition for failure to exhaust or that the petitioner should be allowed
to proceed further. Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000).

Dated:

October 26, 2012

/s/ Paul L. Maloney
Paul L. Maloney
Chief United States District Judge