U.S. EX REL. WRIGHT v. PETERS

No. 93-2105.

837 F.Supp. 940 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel., Patrick H. WRIGHT, Petitioner, v. Howard PETERS, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Danville Division.

October 21, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Freedman, Bruce H. Bornstein, Gary Prichard, Freedman & Bornstein, P.C., Chicago, IL, for petitioner.

Michael M. Glick, Office of the Atty. Gen., State of Ill., Chicago, IL, for respondents.


ORDER

BAKER, District Judge.

This death penalty habeas corpus matter is before the court on the petitioner's motion to stay the proceedings and hold them in abeyance pending state court consideration of his unexhausted claims. The petitioner contends that two recent Illinois state court decisions will allow him a second post-conviction proceeding. The respondents counter with a motion to dismiss the petition outright under Rose v. Lundy,

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