MCCLOUD v. OVERMYER et al

Filing 10

ORDER THAT THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED AND ADOPTED; PETITIONER'S MOTION FOR STAY AND ABEYANCE (DOC. NO. 2) IS GRANTED; THE PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS BE STAYED AND HELD IN ABEYANCE WHILE PETITIONER LITIGATES HIS PCRA PETITI ON IN THE STATE COURT; PETITIONER SHALL NOTIFY THE DISTRICT COURT WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF THE CONCLUSION OF PETITIONER'S STATE PROCEEDINGS AND INFORM THE COURT OF THE STATUS OF PETITIONER'S HABEAS PETITION. SIGNED BY HONORABLE JOEL H. SLOMSKY ON 3/26/15. 3/26/15 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED TO PRO SE PETITIONER AND E-MAILED. (jpd)

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

MUSTAFA McCLOUD,
Petitioner,

NO.

v.

14-cv-6948

M. D. OVERMYER, et al.
Respondents.

ORDER
AND N 0 W, this t.

c-B

day of r1. A R.e- 'rf

, 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 Motion for Stay and Abeyance (ECF No. 2) is GRANTED.

3.
The petition for writ of habeas corpus be STA YED and held in
ABEYANCE while Petitioner litigates his PCRA petition in the state courts.
4.
Petitioner shall notify the District Court within thirty days of the
conclusion of Petitioner's state proceedings and inform the Court of the status of
Petitioner's habeas petition.

BY THE COURT:

t1JOELH.

S~J.