Hill v. Williams et al

Filing 52

ORDER Granting 51 Motion to Extend Time Re: 50 Answer to Amended Habeas Petition (First Request). Signed by Judge Andrew P. Gordon on 1/9/2020. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DRS)

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Rene L. Valladares
Federal Public Defender
Nevada State Bar No. 11479
*Kimberly Sandberg
Assistant Federal Public Defender
New York State Bar No. 5152863
411 E. Bonneville Ave., Ste. 250
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
[phone]
[e-mail]
*Attorney for Petitioner Leonard W. Hill

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U NITED S TATES D ISTRICT C OURT
D ISTRICT OF N EVADA

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Leonard W. Hill,
Petitioner,

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v.
Brian Williams, et al.,
Respondents.

Case No. 2:17-cv-00155-APG-VCF
Unopposed motion for extension of
time to file a reply to answer
(First request)
ORDER

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Petitioner Leonard Hill moves this Court for the entry of an order extending

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the time within which he must file a reply to answer by 47 days from January 2, 2020

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to and including February 18, 2020. The state, by Deputy Attorney General Erin L.

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Bittick, does not object to this request.

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Hill, through counsel, filed an amended petition on April 27, 2018.1 The state

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filed a motion to dismiss,2 which Hill opposed.3 This Court issued an order on the

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state’s motion to dismiss on July 25, 2019.4 The state filed an answer to Hill’s

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remaining claims on December 2, 2019.5 Hill now moves this Court for an extension

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of time to file a reply to the state’s answer. This is Hill’s first request for an extension

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of time. This motion is not filed for the purposes of delay but in the interests of justice

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as well as in the interests of Hill.

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Because of counsel’s schedule, she has not been able to meet the deadline of

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January 2, 2020, for filing the reply to the state’s answer. Counsel’s schedule has

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included the following: an oral argument to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in

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Vontobel v. Benedetti, case no. 18-15892 on December 2, 2019; a petition for writ of

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certiorari, Vincent v. Williams, case no. 17-16992, on December 9, 2019. On

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December 13, 2019, an evidentiary hearing was ordered in the case of McClain v.

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LeGrand, case no: 3:14-cv-00269-MMD-CBC; the date of the hearing was set for

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February 19, 2019. Counsel immediately began preparing for this hearing. Counsel

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has also been drafting a genetic marker petition in the case of Rivera v. Williams,

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case no. 2:19-cv-00288-APG-BNW, which will be filed January 3, 2020, in the

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ECF No. 21.

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ECF No. 32.

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ECF No. 38.

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ECF No. 44.

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ECF No. 50.
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Eighth Judicial District Court. Counsel also has met with two new clients in the

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past week.

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Counsel was also out of the office from December 24-January 1, 2020.

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For these reasons, counsel respectfully asks this Court to grant Hill’s request

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to extend the time for filing reply to answer by 47 days until February 18, 2020.

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Dated January 2, 2020.

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Respectfully submitted,

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Rene L. Valladares
Federal Public Defender

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/s/Kimberly Sandberg
Kimberly Sandberg
Assistant Federal Public Defender

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IT IS SO ORDERED:

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______________________________
United States District Judge

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01/09/2020
Dated: ________________________

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