Adkisson v. Neven et al

Filing 51

ORDER Granting 50 Unopposed Motion to Extend Time to File Reply to Answer. (Replies due by 6/27/2017.) Signed by Judge Andrew P. Gordon on 4/26/17. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ADR)

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Case 2:14-cv-01934-APG-CWH Document 50 Filed 04/25/17 Page 1 of 5 1 7 RENE L. VALLADARES Federal Public Defender Nevada State Bar No. 11479 ARMILLA STALEY-NGOMO Assistant Federal Public Defender California State Bar No. 259686 411 E. Bonneville, Ste. 250 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 (702) 388-6577 (702) 388-5819 (fax) Armilla_Staley-Ngomo@fd.org 8 Attorney for Petitioner MICHAEL DEAN ADKISSON 2 3 4 5 6 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 MICHAEL DEAN ADKISSON, Petitioner, v. D.W. NEVEN, Respondents. Case No. 2:14-cv-01934-APG-CWH UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE REPLY TO ANSWER (First Request) ORDER Petitioner Michael Dean Adkisson moves this Court for an extension of time of sixty (60) days from April 28, 2017, to and including June 27, 2017, to file his Reply to Respondents’ Answer. This motion is based upon the attached declaration of counsel and the files and records in this case. DATED this 25th day of April, 2017. Respectfully submitted, RENE L. VALLADARES Federal Public Defender /s/ Armilla Staley-Ngomo ARMILLA STALEY-NGOMO Assistant Federal Public Defender Case 2:14-cv-01934-APG-CWH Document 50 Filed 04/25/17 Page 2 of 5 1 DECLARATION OF ARMILLA STALEY-NGOMO 2 STATE OF NEVADA 3 COUNTY OF CLARK 4 5 6 7 ) ) ) ss: I, ARMILLA STALEY-NGOMO, hereby declare under penalty of perjury that the following is true and correct: 1. On August 25, 2015, Mr. Adkisson filed an Amended Petition and 8 Supporting Exhibits in this matter. ECF 16-21. On August 27, 2015, Assistant 9 Federal Public Defender Melanie Gavisk filed a Notice of Change of Attorney. ECF 10 23. Ms. Gavisk had previously filed a Notice of Representation on July 2, 2015. ECF 11 13. On February 10, 2016, Mr. Adkisson filed his Second Amended Petition, 12 Supporting Exhibits, and a Notice of Manual Filing. ECF 28-30. On May 16, 2016, 13 Respondents filed their Motion to Dismiss and Supporting Exhibits. ECF 36-42. On 14 August 1, 2016, Mr. Adkisson filed his Opposition to Respondents’ Motion to 15 Dismiss. ECF 45. On August 4, 2016, Respondents filed their Reply to the 16 Opposition. ECF 46. On February 13, 2017, this Court issued an order denying 17 Respondents’ Motion to Dismiss. ECF No. 48. Respondents filed their Answer on 18 March 29, 2017. ECF No. 49. Mr. Adkisson’s Reply to Respondent’s Answer is 19 currently due on April 28, 2017. 20 2. Due to Ms. Gavisk’s impending departure from my office, I (Armilla 21 Staley-Ngomo) filed a Notice of Appearance in this matter on August 9, 2016. ECF 22 47. However, I was on maternity leave from July 25, 2016 through October 26, 23 2016, and was unable to work on this matter during that period of time. Because of 24 reorganization in the Federal Public Defender’s Office, I was newly assigned nearly 25 twenty cases upon my return from maternity leave in October of 2016 which have 26 required my attention. 2 Case 2:14-cv-01934-APG-CWH Document 50 Filed 04/25/17 Page 3 of 5 1 3. More specifically, I have been assigned several pre-petition habeas 2 corpus matters, at least four of which have AEDPA time remaining on their claims. 3 These pre-petition matters have resulted in numerous initial client visits at various 4 Nevada state prisons over a condensed period of time, including at High Desert 5 State Prison in Indian Springs; Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Reno; 6 Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock; and Ely State Prison in Ely. In addition, 7 the client visits in Reno, Ely and Lovelock necessitate a flight to and an overnight 8 stay in Reno, as my offices are located in Las Vegas. 9 4. The Nevada Department of Corrections currently houses Mr. Adkisson 10 at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Reno. For the reasons stated above, 11 I was unable to travel to visit Mr. Adkisson in person until March 16, 2017. I also 12 have a previously scheduled visit with four clients at Ely State Prison this week, as 13 well as to visit two clients at High Desert State Prison and two clients at Lovelock 14 Correctional Center over the coming weeks. 15 5. The requested extension of time is therefore necessary in order to 16 effectively and thoroughly represent Mr. Adkisson. This is a complex habeas corpus 17 matter involving a second degree murder conviction. I need additional time to 18 review the voluminous files and records in this case related to Mr. Adkisson’s 19 extensive trial, post-conviction, and appellate court proceedings—which span over a 20 period of twelve years. Mr. Adkisson’s federal habeas record also includes a second 21 amended petition that is 48 pages in length, including 148 supporting exhibits 22 totaling more than 2,650 pages, and an answer that is 64 pages in length. 23 6. In addition, I have been busy working on other pressing deadlines, 24 including: several amended petitions, at least four of which have AEDPA time 25 remaining on their claims; a federal habeas petition filed last month that involved 26 murder and attempted murder counts and has a second amended petition due in 3 Case 2:14-cv-01934-APG-CWH Document 50 Filed 04/25/17 Page 4 of 5 1 June; a reply to an answer filed earlier this month; another federal habeas corpus 2 petition involving the violent habitual felon statute filed earlier this month; two 3 oppositions to motions to dismiss due next month; and a Ninth Circuit argument in 4 June. 5 7. For the reasons stated above, as well as the files and records in this 6 case, I ask this Court to grant my request for an extension of time of sixty (60) days 7 and order the Reply to the Answer to be filed on or before June 27, 2017. This 8 motion is not filed for the purposes of delay but in the interests of justice, as well as 9 in the interests of Mr. Adkisson. This is counsel’s first request for an extension for 10 this pleading. 11 8. 12 13 14 15 On April 24, 2017, Deputy Attorney General Matthew S. Johnson indicated that he had no objection to this request. I declare under the penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 25th day of April, 2017. 17 Respectfully submitted, RENE L. VALLADARES Federal Public Defender 18 /s/ Armilla Staley-Ngomo 16 ARMILLA STALEY-NGOMO Assistant Federal Public Defender 19 20 21 IT IS SO ORDERED: 22 23 24 ______________________________ United States District Judge 25 26 Dated: April 26, 2017. Dated: ________________________ 4

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