The court of appeals dismissed an appeal. The court held it lacked jurisdiction to hear an appeal from a district court order staying a habeas proceeding where the district court’s ruling as to where the petitioner had exhausted state court proceedings would be reviewable on final appeal.
James Thompson, a Hawaii state prisoner, petitioned for federal habeas relief. The district court stayed proceedings in the case pending exhaustion of his unexhausted claims in state court. The state filed an interlocutory appeal.
