SAMAR RAMON AKINS, Petitioner, v. MICHAEL L. KENNEY, Respondent.

4:01cv3013.United States District Court, D. Nebraska.
August 10, 2006

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
RICHARD KOPF, District Judge

This matter is before the court on filing no. 66, the second Status Report filed by the petitioner, Samar Ramon Akins, pursuant to previous orders of the court. I appreciate the petitioner’s timely compliance with my orders, and, so that I may monitor the progress of this matter, I shall request that the petitioner file a third status report in approximately four months.

THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED:

1. That the stay of this matter remains in effect pending the petitioner’s exhaustion of his state court remedies;

2. That the petitioner has appropriately filed his second status report regarding his progress in the state courts; and

3. That by December 15, 2006, the petitioner shall file his third status report briefly informing this court as to the status of his state-court proceedings at that time.

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