JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
The basic issue on this appeal concerns the timeliness of a habeas corpus petition. The more precise issues are (1) whether a district court confronted with a so-called "mixed petition" containing exhausted and unexhausted claims should dismiss the petition without prejudice to renewal after exhaustion, or stay further proceedings, and (2) if a stay is entered, whether the stay should be conditioned on prompt initiation of state court...
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