No. 25A919

Jeremiah Banks v. Jeff Macomber, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-02-17
Status: Application
Type: A
Tags: exhaustion-of-remedies federal-habeas-petition good-cause habeas-corpus rhines-v-weber stay-of-proceedings
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Ninth Circuit misapplied Rhines v. Weber by holding that post-filing delay in exhausting claims can satisfy the 'good cause' requirement for a stay of federal habeas proceedings, when Rhines requires the good cause analysis to be backward-looking and assess only pre-filing events

Docket Entries

2026-02-17
Application (25A919) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until April 23, 2026.
2026-02-12
Application (25A919) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 22, 2026 to April 23, 2026, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Jeremiah Banks
Raj N. ShahFederal Public Defender, C.D. Cal., Petitioner