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· 4/28/1915

Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. Cecil

Citations

  • 164 Ky. 377
  • 175 S.W. 654
  • 1915 Ky. LEXIS 386

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  • discussing judicial economy as a factor in assessing whether to stay an exhausted habeas petition
  • finding court has “discretion to stay the petition” where “a habeas petition contains only exhausted claims, and the petitioner seeks to stay the petition so that he can return to state court on unexhausted claims not yet part of the petition”
  • “Accordingly, where, as here, a habeas petition contains only exhausted claims, and the petitioner seeks to stay the petition so that he can return to state court on unexhausted claims not yet part of the petition” the Court has discretion to stay the proceedings.
  • “Considerations of judicial economy support the district court’s decision to withhold decision on . . . claims that could have been mooted by the pending state proceedings.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
  • “Considerations of judicial economy support the district court’s decision to withhold decision on . . . claims that could have been mooted by the pending state proceedings.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
  • considering prejudice to the respondent

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Judges: Settle

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