Arthur Antonio Ochoa v. Ryan Thornell, et al.

6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

9 Arthur Antonio Ochoa, No. CV-25-01975-PHX-ROS (DMF) 10 Petitioner, ORDER v. Ryan Thornell, et al., 13 Respondents.

15 Petitioner Arthur Ochoa filed a petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus on June 6, 2025.

16 (Doc. 1). On July 8, 2025, Petitioner filed a “Motion to Stay and Abeyance with Brief” requesting a stay of the habeas claims pending resolution of his current post-conviction relief proceeding. (Doc. 10). The State filed a response stating that it does not object to the Motion. (Doc. 16), and Magistrate Judge Deborah M. Fine issued a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) recommending the Motion be granted pursuant to Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269 (2005). (Doc. 17). Accordingly, the R&R will be adopted in full.

22 IT IS ORDERED the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 10) is ADOPTED IN FULL.

24 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED this action is STAYED and the petition (Doc. 1) will be held in abeyance until the conclusion of Petitioner’s post-conviction relief proceedings in the state courts.

27 … … 1 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED Respondents shall file a report informing the Court of the status of the state court post-conviction relief proceedings no later than 30 days after 3|| the date of this order, which is January 8, 2026, every 90 days thereafter, and upon conclusion of Petitioner’s post-conviction relief proceedings in the state courts.

5 Dated this 8th day of December, 2025.

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9 Senior United States District Judge _2-