LYNCH v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY et al

Filing 32

MEMORANDUM ORDER granting 10 Motion for Leave to File; withdrawing 11 Motion to strike. Signed by Judge Jose L. Linares on 5/19/15. (sr, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

JEFFREY CHRISTOPHER LYNCH,
Civil Action No. 14-4470 (JLL)

Petitioner,
v.

:

MEMORANDUM ORDER

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, et al.,
Respondents.
IT APPEARING THAT:
1. On November 14, 2014, Petitioner, Jeffrey Lynch, filed a motion for leave to file
a
brief and exhibits in support of his habeas petition brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 2254.

(ECF

No. 10). Plaintiff also requested that oral argument be held. (ECF No. 10).
2. On November 26, 2014, Respondents filed a cross motion to strike those claims
in
Petitioner’s brief which Respondents believed were time barred. (ECF No. 11).
3. On January 5, 2015, Respondents, by way of letter, withdrew their motion to strike
and instead requested an opportunity to file an amended answer addressing Petitio
ner’s
remaining claims (ECF No. 18), which this Court granted on January 6, 2015. (ECF
No. 19).
4. Respondents have since filed their amended answer (ECF No. 21), and Petitioner
has
filed his reply. (ECF No. 31).
IT IS THEREFORE on this

/7

day of May, 2015,

ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion for leave to file a brief and exhibits (ECF
No. 10) is
GRANTED, the Court shall consider the brief and exhibits filed in ECF No. 10
in making its
decision; and it is further

ORDERED that Petitioner’s request for oral argument is DENIED at this time; and it is
further
ORDERED that Respondent’s Motion to Strike (ECF No. 11) is deemed WITHDRAWN;
and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Order upon the parties
electronically.

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Linares, IJ.S.D.J.