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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALEJANDRO CISNEROS,

Petitioner,

v.

JEFF MACOMBER,

Respondent.

Case No. 1:15-cv-01716-EPG-HC

ORDER GRANTING EXTENSION OF 

TIME TO FILE RESPONSE TO MOTION 

TO DISMISS

(ECF No. 20)

Petitioner is proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 2254. On January 28, 2016, Respondent filed a motion to dismiss the petition on the 

basis of nonexhaustion. (ECF No. 18). On February 22, 2016, Petitioner filed the instant motion, 

requesting the Court to stay ruling on the motion to dismiss until Petitioner receives a response 

from his appellate lawyer regarding proof of exhaustion. (ECF No. 20). The Court construes the 

instant motion as a request for extension of time to file a response to the motion to dismiss. See

Castro v. United States, 540 U.S. 375, 381-82 (2003) (courts may recharacterize a pro se motion

to “create a better correspondence between the substance of a pro se motion’s claim and its 

underlying legal basis”). 

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Good cause having been presented to the Court,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Petitioner is granted to and including March 23, 2016, to 

file the response to Respondent’s motion to dismiss. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 24, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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