Decay v. Kelley

Filing 68

ORDER granting 65 Third Motion to Extend Time. The Court is unlikely to grant further extensions. Brief due on or before 5:00 CST 1/17/2023. Response briefs shall be due on or before 5:00 p.m. CST 2/16/203, should either party choose to file a response. Signed by Judge Kristine G. Baker on 12/14/2022. (ldb)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
PINE BLUFF DIVISION
CAPITAL CASE
GREGORY DECAY
v.

PETITIONER
Case No. 5:15-cv-00203-KGB

DEXTER PAYNE, Director,
Arkansas Department of Correction

RESPONDENT
ORDER

Before the Court is petitioner Gregory Decay’s third motion for extension of time (Dkt.
No. 65). Mr. Decay requests an additional 30 days, until January 17, 2023, in which to file his
supplementary authority brief, and an additional 30 days, until February 16, 2023, to file
responsive briefs (Id.). Mr. Decay represents that his request “is not made for purposes of delay
but to adequately prepare a proper and complete brief” (Id., at 2). Respondent Dexter Payne
opposes the motion (Dkt. No. 67).
For good cause shown, the Court grants Mr. Decay’s third motion for extension of time
(Dkt. No. 65). The parties are hereby advised that, barring an emergency and absent good cause
shown, the Court is unlikely to grant further extensions. The Court extends the briefing schedule
as follows:
1.

Briefs shall be due on or before 5:00 p.m. Central Standard Time (“CST”) Tuesday,

January 17, 2023.
2.

Response briefs shall be due on or before 5:00 p.m. CST Thursday, February 16,

2023, should either party choose to file a response.

So ordered this 14th day of December, 2022.
________________________________
Kristine G. Baker
United States District Judge

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