SCOTT v. RICCI et al
Filing
7
OPINION. Signed by Judge Stanley R. Chesler on 2/22/2012. (nr, )
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
OPINION
MICHELLE RICCI,
et al.,
Respondents.
APPEARANCES:
Reginald Scott, Pro Se
#293736/201006-C
New Jersey State Prison
P.O. Box 861
Trenton, NJ 08625
CHESLER, District Judge
This matter is before the Court on Petitioner’s request for
a stay and abeyance of his habeas petition,
U.S.C.
§ 2254.
For the following reasons,
filed pursuant to 28
Petitioner will be
ordered to show cause as to why his request should be granted.
BACKGROUND
Pc tit.ioner,
Regina.I.d Scott,
of ha.beas coru.s under 28 tLS.C,
fi..ls.d this petition for a writ
§ 2254 on October 29,
2010.
case was closed due to an administrative issue concerning his
fi..ling fee,
but that issue was resol.ved in June of 2011,
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or
that render such process •ineffectjve
2254 (b) (1)
S..e also J...ose v, ...J..updy,
2dl32lv.Black.w.fl,
he.nied,
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28 U.S.C.
455 U.S.
513
circumstances exist
.509,
(3d Cir.
§
515
(1982);
1997),
ce.rt,
(finding that “Supreme Court
precedent and the AEDPA mandate that prior to determining the
merits of
[a]
[petitioner]
claims to the
petiti.on,
[a court]
must consider whether
is required to present
[states]
[his or her]
unexhausted
courts”)
The exhaustion requirement is intended to allow state
courts
the first opportunity to pass upon federal constitutional
claims,
in furtherance of the policies of comity and federalism.
Cranberry v,
516—18.
Greer,
481 U.S.
129
(1987);
Rose,
455 U.S.
See
at
Exhaustion also has the practical effect of permitting
development of a complete factual record in state court,
the federal courts in their review.
See Rose,
455 U.S.
to aid
at 519.
A petitioner exhausts state remedies by presenting his
federal constitutional claims to each level of the state
courts
empowered to hear those claims,
either on direct appeal or in
collateial post—conviction proceedings,
§;.pe.rc 321,
526 U.S.
838,
847
(1999)
See,
32 Sullivan
y.
(“requiring sta.te prisoners
[in order to fully exhaust their claims]
to file petitions for
discre.tionary review when that review
part of: the ordinary
‘
appellate review procedure in the State”);
Larrbert v.
51 ackwell,
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“Staying a habeas petition pending exhaustion of
state remedies is a permissible and effective way to avoid
barring from federal court a petitioner who timely files a
mixed
petition.”
Crews, 360 F.3d at 151.
Indeed, the Court of Appeals
for the Third Circuit has held that “when an outright dismissal
could jeopardize the timeliness of a collateral attack, a stay
is
the only appropriate course of action.”
Crews, 360 F.3d at 154.
The Supreme Court has somewhat limited the stay—and-abeyance
rule announced in Crews.
[S]tay and abeyance should be available only in limited
circumstances.... [Sitay and abeyance is only
appropriate when the district court determines there
was good cause for the petitioner’s failure to exhaust
his claims first in state court. Moreover, even if a
petitioner had good cause for that failure, the
district court would abuse its discretion if it were to
grant him a stay when his unexhausted claims are
plainly meritless.
On the other hand, it likely would be an abuse of
discretion for a district court to deny a stay and to
dismiss a mixed petition if the petitioner had good
cause for his failure to exhaust, his unexhausted
claims are potentially meritorious, and there is no
indication that the petitioner engaged in intentionally
dilatory litigation tactics. In such circumstances,
the district court should stay, rather than dismiss,
the mixed petition....
For the same reason, if a
petitioner presents a district court with a mixed
petition and the court determines that stay and
abeyance is inappropriate, the court should allow the
petitioner to delete the unexhausted claims and to
proceed with the exhausted claims if dismissal of the
entire petition would unreasonably impair the
petitioner’s right to obtain federal relief.
6
Rhires v.
Webe r,
544 2LS,
269,
2.77-78
(20c.5)
(citat.ions omitted)
Ever wrere stay ad abeyance s aporoprate,
te distrrct
corts ascretion in structuring toe stay is limted bq te
timeliness concerns reflected in the one—year statute of
limitations.
“Thus,
district courts should place reasonable time
limits on a petitioners trip to state court and back”
278.
See also crews,
stayed,
360 F.3.d at 154
.
at
(“If a hahe...as petition is
the petitioner should be given a reasonable interval,
normally 30 days,
to file his application for st.ate
post-conviction relief,
and another reasonable interval after the
denial of that relief to return to federal court.
petitioner fails to meet either time-limit,
vacated nunc pro tunc,” )
Here,
as noted,
If a
the stay should be
(citations omitted)
a stay would be appropriate if Petitioner
shows “good cause” as to why the claims were not presented
to the
state courts,
not meritless,
and,
if he can show good cause,
that the claims are
The petition does not offer enough information
for this Court to make an informed, decision on whether
or not the
claims have merit,
Further,
Petitioner has not shown
these claims,
2
The
me Pb±nes
prese nting
petitions,
However,
from the face of the petition,
ood cause as to why he did not eshaust
this Court finds tha.t Petitioner should
Court of Appeals. for the Third Circuit clarified that
1
sta ira abe nclang auso applies to petrtinns
ance
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on.ly unexhausted claims, rather than just “mixed”
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