Robledo-Valdez v. Falk et al

Filing 20

ORDER to File Preliminary Response, by Magistrate Judge Boyd N. Boland on 8/06/2014. (slibi, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Civil Action No. 14-cv-01301-BNB
CRAIG ROBLEDO-VALDEZ,
Applicant,
v.
FALK, et al., and
SHAEFFER,
Respondents.

ORDER TO FILE PRELIMINARY RESPONSE

As part of the preliminary consideration of the second Amended Application for a
Writ of Habeas Corpus Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (ECF No. 19) filed on August 5,
2014, in this case and pursuant to Keck v. Hartley, 550 F. Supp. 2d 1272 (D. Colo.
2008), the Court has determined that a limited Preliminary Response is appropriate.
Respondents are directed pursuant to Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254
Cases in the United States District Courts to file a Preliminary Response limited to
addressing the affirmative defenses of timeliness under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d) and/or
exhaustion of state court remedies. If Respondents do not intend to raise either of
these affirmative defenses, Respondents must notify the Court of that decision in the
Preliminary Response. Respondents may not file a dispositive motion as a Preliminary
Response, or an Answer, or otherwise address the merits of the claims in response to
this Order.
In support of the Preliminary Response, Respondents should attach as exhibits
all relevant portions of the state court record, including but not limited to copies of all

documents demonstrating whether this action is filed in a timely manner and/or whether
Applicant has exhausted state court remedies.
Applicant may reply to the Preliminary Response and provide any information
that might be relevant to the one-year limitation period under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)
and/or the exhaustion of state court remedies. Applicant also should include
information relevant to equitable tolling, specifically as to whether he has pursued his
claims diligently and whether some extraordinary circumstance prevented him from
filing a timely 28 U.S.C. § 2241 action in this Court. Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that within twenty-one (21) days from the date of this Order
Respondents shall file a Preliminary Response that complies with this Order. It is
FURTHER ORDERED that within twenty-one (21) days of the filing of the
Preliminary Response Applicant may file a Reply, if he desires. It is
FURTHER ORDERED that if Respondents do not intend to raise either of the
affirmative defenses of timeliness or exhaustion of state court remedies, Respondents
must notify the Court of that decision in the Preliminary Response.
DATED August 6, 2014, at Denver, Colorado.
BY THE COURT:
s/ Boyd N. Boland
United States Magistrate Judge

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