Thompson v. Meisner

Filing 16

ORDER signed by Judge Rudolph T. Randa on 10/17/2013 GRANTING 15 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer filed by Michael Meisner; DENYING without prejudice to any future attempts to amend pleadings 11 MOTION to Amend/Correct Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Grayline Thompson. (cc: all counsel, via US mail to Grayline Thompson at Columbia Correctional Institution)(cb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
GRAYLINE THOMPSON,
Petitioner,
-vsCase No. 13-C-898

MICHAEL MEISNER, Warden,
Columbia Correctional Institution,
Respondent.
DECISION AND ORDER

After the Court entered an order directing the respondent to respond to this
petition, the petitioner filed a motion to amend, requesting ninety (90) days to “submit
additional issues.” This seems like another attempt to stay these proceedings, but Mr.
Thompson has not established good cause in favor of the same. Rhines v. Weber, 544
U.S. 269, 277 (2005). Moreover, Thompson failed to comply with Civil Local Rule
15(a), which provides that an “amendment to a pleading, whether filed as a matter of
course or upon a motion to amend, must reproduce the entire pleading as amended, and
may not incorporate any prior pleading by reference.” Thompson’s motion [ECF No.
11] is DENIED, without prejudice to any future attempts to amend his pleadings. The
respondent’s corresponding motion for an extension of time to file an answer [ECF
No. 15] is GRANTED.

Dated at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this 17th day of October, 2013.
BY THE COURT:

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HON. RUDOLPH T. RANDA
U.S. District Judge

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