Ruffin v. Director Nevada Department of Corrections et al

Filing 69

ORDER that petitioner shall file a response to respondents motion 68 for reconsideration within 7 calendar days from entry of this order. Respondents shall have 7 calendar days from the filing date of petitioners response within which to file a reply. Signed by Judge Roger L. Hunt on 8/10/11. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ECS)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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KEVIN TYRONE RUFFIN,
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Petitioner,

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vs.

ORDER

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DIRECTOR NEVADA DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTIONS, et al.,
Respondents.

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This represented habeas matter under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 is the Court on respondents’

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motion (#68) for reconsideration as to the Court’s recent order scheduling an evidentiary

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hearing on the remaining claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel in Grounds 2, 3, 5,

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6 and 7. The Court will order expedited briefing, but with the proviso that the pendency of the

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motion will not provide a basis for not preparing for the hearing or complying with prehearing

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deadlines. Counsel should proceed on the assumption that the hearing will go forward as

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scheduled.

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IT THEREFORE IS ORDERED that petitioner shall file a response to respondents’
motion (#68) for reconsideration within 7 calendar days from entry of this order.
IT FURTHER IS ORDERED that respondents shall have 7 calendar days from the
filing date of petitioner’s response within which to file a reply.

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Extension of the deadlines established herein will be considered in only the most

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extraordinary of circumstances. The pendency of the motion for reconsideration shall

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not provide a basis either for resetting the evidentiary hearing or extending prehearing

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deadlines.

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DATED: August 10, 2011.

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ROGER L. HUNT
United States District Judge

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