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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAIME TAPIA PEREA,

Petitioner,

v.

RAY LOERA, Sheriff,

Respondent. 

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Civil No. 10cv1565-RBB

ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER'S

MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

UNDER FED. R. APP. P.

4(a)(5)[ECF NOS. 46, 53]

Petitioner Jaime Perea, proceeding pro se, filed a Petition

for Writ of Habeas Corpus challenging his state court conviction

on July 23, 2010 [ECF No. 1]. A Second Amended Petition for Writ

of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 alleging claims based on

actual innocence, prosecutorial misconduct, an involuntary plea,

and equal protection was filed nunc pro tunc to December 7, 2010

[ECF No. 9]. On May 17, 2012, after concluding that Petitioner is

not entitled to relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on any of his

claims, the Court denied Perea’s Second Amended Petition, and

declined to issue a certificate of appealability [ECF No. 40]. On

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the same day, the Clerk of Court entered judgment in this case and

closed the case file [ECF No. 41]. 

While the case was closed, Petitioner submitted a Motion for

Extension of Time,1 which was filed nunc pro tunc to June 12, 2012

[ECF No. 46]. In his Motion, Perea sought a thirty-day extension

of time to file (1) a motion for reconsideration of the Court’s

ruling and (2) a request for a certificate of appealability. 

(Mot. Extension Time 3, ECF No. 46.) He urged the same grounds in

support of both requests. (Id. at 4.) On June 21, 2012, the

Court granted Petitioner a thirty-day extension of time to file a

motion for reconsideration but did not explicitly address an

extension of time to request a certificate of appealability. 

(Order Granting Pet'r's Mot. Extension Time 3, ECF No. 47.)

On August 27, 2012, Perea filed a Motion to Reconsider and/or

(COA) Certificate of Appeal, which was docketed as a Notice of

Appeal [ECF No. 49]. On July 10, 2013, the Ninth Circuit remanded

the case "for the limited purpose of allowing that court to rule

on appellant's motion under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure

4(a)(5)." (Order 2, ECF No. 53.) Rule 4(a)(5) of the Federal

Rules of Appellate Procedure provides that "[t]he district court

may extend the time to file a notice of appeal if: (i) a party so

moves no later than 30 days after the time prescribed by this Rule

4(a) expires; and (ii) . . . that party shows excusable neglect or

good cause." Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5). The Ninth Circuit has

indicated that the motion to extend is timely. (Order 2, ECF No.

53.) Consequently, this Court need only determine whether

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 Because Perea’s Motion for Extension is not consecutively

paginated, the Court will cite to it using the page numbers assigned

by the electronic filing system.

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excusable neglect or good cause to grant an extension of time has

been established.

The grounds Perea urged in support of an extension of time to

file a motion for reconsideration also support an extension of

time to file a request for a certificate of appealability. (Mot.

Extension Time 4, ECF No. 46.) The Court previously concluded

that Perea had established good cause for granting an extension of

time to file a motion for reconsideration. The same grounds

establish good cause to grant Perea a thirty-day extension of time

to file a notice of appeal. Accordingly, the Motion is GRANTED

[ECF Nos. 46, 53]. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATE: July 10, 2013 __________________________________

RUBEN B. BROOKS

United States Magistrate Judge

cc:

All Parties of Record

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