Fields v. LeGrand et al

Filing 28

AMENDED ORDER re 27 Order (correcting petition doc. no.; corresponding answer due date ) : Petitioner's # 24 Motion to reopen is GRANTED. This action is REINSTATED. FURTHER ORDERED that respondents shall have 45 days from the date on whi ch this order is entered to answer or otherwise respond to the # 6 Petition. Reply due 45 days from service of answer. FURTHER ORDERED that petitioner's # 25 Motion for appointment of counsel is DENIED. FURTHER ORDERED that, from this date forward, the hard copy of any exhibits shall be forwarded - for this case - to the staff attorneys in Las Vegas. Signed by Judge Larry R. Hicks on 5/6/2014. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DRM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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MATTHEW ARTHUR FIELDS,

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Petitioner,

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vs.

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ROBERT LEGRAND, et al.,

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Case No. 3:11-cv-00341-LRH-WGC

Respondents.

AMENDED ORDER

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The court stayed this action to allow petitioner to exhaust his available state court remedies.

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Order (#23). Petitioner has filed a motion to reopen (#24), stating that his proceedings in state court

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have concluded. The court grants this motion.

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Petitioner also has submitted a motion for appointment of counsel (#25). The court sees no

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reason to depart from its denial of petitioner’s earlier motion for appointment of counsel (#7). See

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Order (#5).

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that petitioner’s motion to reopen (#24) is GRANTED.
This action is REINSTATED.

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

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on which this order is entered to answer or otherwise respond to the petition (#6). If respondents

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file and serve an answer, then they shall comply with Rule 5 of the Rules Governing Section 2254

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

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

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that petitioner’s motion for appointment of counsel (#25) is
DENIED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, from this date forward, the hard copy of any exhibits
shall be forwarded—for this case—to the staff attorneys in Las Vegas.
DATED this 6th day of May, 2014.

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LARRY R. HICKS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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