Ernest DeWayne Jones v. Robert K. Wong

Filing 96

ORDER by Judge Cormac J. Carney: granting 95 Application for Extension of Time to File A Reply Brief. (twdb)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SOUTHERN DIVISION

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ERNEST DEWAYNE JONES,
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Petitioner,
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KEVIN CHAPPELL, Warden of
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Respondent.
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Case No.: CV 09-02158-CJC
DEATH PENALTY CASE

ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S
SECOND EX PARTE APPLICATION
FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO
FILE A REPLY BRIEF

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Before the Court is Petitioner Ernest Dewayne Jones’ ex parte application for an

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additional 60-day extension of time to file a reply in support of his opening merits brief

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on the application of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) to the claims in his habeas petition. (Dkt. No.

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95.) Petitioner’s application is GRANTED. Petitioner shall file his reply no later than

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January 13, 2014. Pursuant to the Court’s March 26, 2012 Order denying Petitioner’s

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request for an evidentiary hearing and ordering merits briefing, and as the parties

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expressly agreed in their joint stipulation regarding the schedule for merits briefing,
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Petitioner’s briefing shall address how each of the thirty claims asserted in his petition

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satisfies § 2254(d)(1) and/or § 2254(d)(2). Having failed to brief twenty of the thirty

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claims in his opening brief, Petitioner is hereby ORDERED to address the remaining

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claims in his reply. Any further requests for an extension are strongly disfavored.

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DATED:

November 12, 2013
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CORMAC J. CARNEY

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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