HUMPHREYS v. WETZEL et al

Filing 17

ORDER THAT THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED AND ADOPTED; PETITIONER'S LETTER MOTION TO STAY HIS HABEAS PROCEEDINGS (DOC. NO. 14) IS GRANTED AND THE PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS COPRUS IS STAYED AND PALCED IN SUSPENSE PENDING A DECISION FROM THE USCA IN SONGSTER V. BEARD, C.A. NO. 12-03941. SIGNED BY HONORABLE LEGROME D. DAVIS ON 6/30/15. 7/1/15 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED TO PRO SE PETITIONER. (jpd)

Case 2:13-cv-03516-LDD Document 16-1 Filed 06/05/15 Page 1of1

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL ACTION

EDWIN H. HUMPHREYS, JR.,
Petitioner,

v.

NO.

13-cv-3516

JOHN E. WETZEL, et al.
Respondents.

ORDER

AND NOW, this

?o~ day of :J:~

, 2015, upon careful and independent

consideration of the petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and
after review of the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Lynne A.
Sitarski, IT IS ORDERED that:
1.

The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED and ADOPTED.

2.

Petitioner's Letter Motion to Stay his habeas proceedings (ECF No. 14) is

GRANTED and the petition for writ of habeas corpus is STAYED AND PLACED IN
SUSPENSE pending a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third
Circuit in Songster v. Beard, C.A. No. 12-03941.

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