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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LUKNER BLANC,

Petitioner,

v.

B.M. TRATE,

Respondent.

Case No. 1:22-cv-01192-SAB-HC

ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S 

MOTION FOR COURT TO ORDER 

RESPONDENT’S TO FILE RESPONSE

(ECF No. 13)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT 

TO MAIL COPY OF RESPONSE (ECF No. 

11) TO PETITIONER

Petitioner is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241.

On October 19, 2022, the Court ordered Respondent to file a response to the petition 

within sixty days of the date of service of the order. (ECF No. 5.) On December 20, 2022, 

Respondent filed a motion for extension of time to file a response as Respondent had not 

received requested necessary documents form the Southern District of Florida. (ECF No. 9.) The 

Court granted the motion, extending the deadline to file a response to February 17, 2023. (ECF 

No. 10.) 

On February 17, 2023, Respondent filed a response. (ECF No. 11.) Therein, Respondent 

observed that in the caption page of the petition, Petitioner requested that his petition be held in 

abeyance pending the Supreme Court’s decision in Jones v. Hendrix, No. 21-857. (Id. at 1.) 

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Respondent joined Petitioner’s motion to stay this matter until resolution of Jones v. Hendrix. 

(Id. at 2.) Accordingly, on February 22, 2023, the Court granted Petitioner’s request to stay. 

(ECF No. 12.)

On March 8, 2023, the Court received the instant motion wherein Petitioner “moves the 

Court to ORDER Respondent to file a timely response” because “up to and including February 

28, 2023, Respondent has not filed any response.” (ECF No. 13.) However, as noted above, 

Respondent filed a response on February 17, 2023. (ECF No. 11.) Attached to the response is a 

certificate of service, which indicates that the response was mailed to Petitioner on February 17, 

2023. (Id. at 3.) It appears that the mail may have been delayed or perhaps lost.

Based on the foregoing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Petitioner’s motion for court to order Respondent to file a response (ECF No. 13) is 

DENIED; and

2. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to mail Petitioner a copy of the response (ECF No. 

11).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 9, 2023 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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