Hawes v. Palmer et al

Filing 74

ORDER : Answer/response to ECF No. 72 Second Amended Petition due by 9/1/2016. Petitioner shall have 45 days from the date on which the answer is served to file a reply. Signed by Judge Robert C. Jones on 7/18/2016. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DRM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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LANCE DEON HAWES,

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Petitioner,

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vs.

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Case No. 3:10-cv-00655-RCJ-VPC

JACK PALMER, et al.,

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ORDER

Respondents.

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Petitioner has filed a second amended petition (ECF No. 72). The court has reviewed it

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pursuant to Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts.

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The court will direct respondents to file a response.

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

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date of entry of this order to answer or otherwise respond to the second amended petition (ECF No.

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72). Respondents shall raise all potential affirmative defenses in the initial responsive pleading,

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including lack of exhaustion and procedural default. Successive motions to dismiss will not be

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

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Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts, and then petitioner shall have

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forty-five (45) days from the date on which the answer is served to file a reply.

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Dated: July 18, 2016.

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ROBERT C. JONES
United States District Judge