MARK ROGERS V. E.K. MCDANIEL, ET AL.

Filing 240

ORDER that Petitioner's Unopposed Motion to File Prehearing Brief in Excess of Page Limit ECF No. 231 is GRANTED; Petitioner's pre-hearing brief and Respondents' responsive pre-hearing brief are not to exceed 35 pages; reply brief is not to exceed 20 pages. Signed by Chief Judge Gloria M. Navarro on 8/12/2018. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - KW)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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MARK ROGERS,

Case No. 3:02-cv-00342-GMN-VPC
Petitioner,

v.

ORDER

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TIMOTHY FILSON, et al.,
Respondents.

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In this habeas corpus action, the Court has granted the petitioner, Mark Rogers,

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an evidentiary hearing, which is set to commence on October 22, 2018, and the Court

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has approved a schedule for the parties’ pre-hearing preparations. See Order entered

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March 14, 2018 (ECF No. 222); Order entered July 17, 2018 (ECF No. 230). The pre-

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hearing schedule includes deadlines for the parties to file pre-hearing briefing: Rogers is

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to file a pre-hearing brief by August 8, 2018; Respondents are to file a responsive pre-

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hearing brief by August 22, 2018; then, Rogers may file a reply to respondents’ brief by

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August 29, 2018. See Order entered March 14, 2018 (ECF No. 222).

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On August 1, 2018, Rogers filed an Unopposed Motion to File Prehearing Brief in

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Excess of Page Limit (ECF No. 231). Rogers states that his pre-hearing brief is 34 pages

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long. Respondents do not oppose the motion.

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Good cause appearing, the Court will grant Rogers motion, and will set page limits
for the parties’ pre-hearing briefs.
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IT IS THEREFORE HEREBY ORDERED that Petitioner’s Unopposed Motion to

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File Prehearing Brief in Excess of Page Limit (ECF No. 231) is GRANTED. Petitioner’s

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pre-hearing brief is not to exceed 35 pages; Respondents’ responsive pre-hearing brief

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is not to exceed 35 pages; any reply brief filed by Petitioner is not to exceed 20 pages.

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August
DATED THIS ___ day of ______________________, 2018.
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GLORIA M. NAVARRO,
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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