O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We are asked to decide whether a district court may allow a habeas corpus petitioner to amend his petition to delete unexhausted claims and hold the amended petition in abeyance subject to further amendment reincorporating the deleted claims once they are litigated in state court.
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The real party in interest in this case, Freddie Lee Taylor, is a California prisoner sentenced to death for first degree murder. On July...
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