James-Bey v. Stancil

Filing 5

ORDER granting 3 Motion for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice added Frederick Liu for Terrance L. James-Bey; granting 2 Motion to Stay. Signed by Chief Judge Frank D. Whitney on 7/13/2013. (blf)

DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE DIVISION
3:13-cv-386-FDW

TERRANCE L. JAMES-BEY,

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Petitioner,
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vs.
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RENOICE E. STANCIL,
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Respondent. )
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ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the Court on Petitioner’s Motion to Stay re Petition for Writ
of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, (Doc. No. 2), and on a Motion for Leave to Appear
Pro Hac Vice by attorney Frederick Liu, (Doc. No. 3). Petitioner’s local counsel is Sarah Jessica
Farber of North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services.
In support of the motion to stay, Petitioner seeks to place Petitioner’s habeas petition in
abeyance pending exhaustion of state remedies. Specifically, Petitioner seeks a stay of this
action pending adjudication of Petitioner’s Motion for Appropriate Relief filed in Cleveland
County Superior Court on May 22, 2013, in which Petitioner contends that he received a
mandatory sentence of life without parole as a juvenile, in violation of Miller v. Alabama, 132 S.
Ct. 2455 (2012). Furthermore, although Petitioner concedes that this is a successive petition, he
states that the Fourth Circuit granted authorization on May 10, 2013, for him to file such petition.
See No. 12-287 (4th Cir. May 10, 2013).
The Court will GRANT Petitioner’s Motion to Stay, (Doc. No. 2), and the Motion for
Leave to Appeal Pro Hac Vice, (Doc. No. 3). Petitioner shall promptly notify the Court when he
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has exhausted state remedies and file a motion to lift the stay.

Signed: July 13, 2013

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