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Johnson v. Smeal

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Apr 15, 2011
CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-3670 (E.D. Pa. Apr. 15, 2011)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-3670.

April 15, 2011


ORDER


AND NOW, this 15th day of April, 2011, upon consideration of Petitioner's Protective Petition for an Extended Order of Stay and/or Abeyance (Document No. 8), the Commonwealth's Response thereto (Document No. 11), Petitioner's Supplemental Memoranda (Document No. 20), the Commonwealth's Supplemental Memorandum (Document No. 21), and for the reasons explained in the Court's Memorandum of today, it is hereby ORDERED that:

1. Petitioner's request for an extended stay is GRANTED; and
2. Within thirty (30) days of state court determination of his currently-pending third Post Conviction Relief Act petition, Petitioner shall plead a cognizable claim in federal court based upon the newly discovered facts provided by Terrance Johnson on August 24, 2010.
IT IS SO ORDERED.


Summaries of

Johnson v. Smeal

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Apr 15, 2011
CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-3670 (E.D. Pa. Apr. 15, 2011)
Case details for

Johnson v. Smeal

Case Details

Full title:IRA A. JOHNSON, Petitioner v. PAUL K. SMEAL, et al., Respondents

Court:United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Apr 15, 2011

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-3670 (E.D. Pa. Apr. 15, 2011)