Silva v. LeGrand et al
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ORDER Clerk shall file petition and motion for appointment of counsel. Motion for appointment of counsel and supplement 3 are granted. FPD provisionally appointed. FPD shall have 30 days to undertake representation of petitioner or indicate inability to do so. If FPD does undertake representation, amended petition due within 60 days. Clerk shall add AG as counsel for respondents and serve both AG and FPD copy of petition and this order (served via NEF 10/7/14). Respondents 039; counsel shall enter notice of appearance within 20 days. Hard copy of state court record exhibits shall be forwarded-for this case-to staff attorneys in Las Vegas. Signed by Judge Robert C. Jones on 10/6/14. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JC)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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FRANCISCO SILVA,
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Petitioner,
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vs.
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ROBERT LEGRAND, et al.,
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Case No. 3:14-cv-00342-RCJ-WGC
Respondents.
ORDER
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Petitioner has paid the filing fee. He has also submitted a motion for appointment of counsel
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and a supplement (#3). Petitioner is unable to afford counsel, and the issues presented warrant the
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appointment of counsel. See 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(a)(2)(B).
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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the clerk of the court file the petition and the motion
for appointment of counsel.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that petitioner’s motion for appointment of counsel and the
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supplement (#3) are GRANTED. The Federal Public Defender is provisionally appointed to
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represent petitioner.
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Federal Public Defender shall have thirty (30) days
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from the date that this order is entered to undertake direct representation of petitioner or to indicate
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to the court his inability to represent petitioner in these proceedings. If the Federal Public Defender
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does undertake representation of petitioner, he shall then have sixty (60) days to file an amended
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petition for a writ of habeas corpus. If the Federal Public Defender is unable to represent petitioner,
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then the court shall appoint alternate counsel.
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that neither the foregoing deadline nor any extension thereof
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signifies or will signify any implied finding of a basis for tolling during the time period established.
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Petitioner at all times remains responsible for calculating the running of the federal limitation period
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and timely asserting claims.
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the clerk shall add Catherine Cortez Masto, Attorney
General for the State of Nevada, as counsel for respondents.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the clerk shall electronically serve both the Attorney
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General of the State of Nevada and the Federal Public Defender a copy of the petition and a copy of
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this order.
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondents’ counsel shall enter a notice of appearance
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within twenty (20) days of entry of this order, but no further response shall be required from
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respondents until further order of the court.
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any exhibits filed by the parties shall be filed with a
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separate index of exhibits identifying the exhibits by number or letter. The CM/ECF attachments
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that are filed further shall be identified by the number or numbers (or letter or letters) of the exhibits
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in the attachment. The hard copy of any additional state court record exhibits shall be
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forwarded—for this case—to the staff attorneys in Las Vegas.
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Dated:
October 6, 2014.
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ROBERT C. JONES
United States District Judge
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