Young v. Williams et al

Filing 29

ORDER re 23 Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Respondents have 45 days from the date of entry of this order to answer or otherwise respond to the First Amended Petition. If Respondents file an answer Petitioner has 45 days from the date on which the answer is served to file a reply. Signed by Judge Richard F. Boulware, II on 7/1/2015. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SLD)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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DANNY ANDREW YOUNG,
Petitioner,

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vs.

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BRIAN WILLIAMS, et al.,

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Case No. 2:12-cv-00524-RFB-NJK

Respondents.

ORDER

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Petitioner has filed a first amended petition (#23). The court has reviewed it pursuant to Rule

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4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts. The court will direct

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respondents to file a response.

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that respondents shall have forty-five (45) days from the date

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of entry of this order to answer or otherwise respond to the first amended petition (#23). Respondents

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shall raise all potential affirmative defenses in the initial responsive pleading, including lack of

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exhaustion and procedural default. Successive motions to dismiss will not be entertained. If

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respondents file and serve an answer, then they shall comply with Rule 5 of the Rules Governing

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Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts, and then petitioner shall have forty-five (45)

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days from the date on which the answer is served to file a reply.

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DATED: June 30, 2015.
DATED: July 1, 2015.

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RICHARD F. BOULWARE, II
United States District Judge