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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

EASTERN DIVISION 

MELVIN OMAR V ALEZ-SANTOS 

Reg. #32316-069 

v. No. 2:14-cv-105-DPM-BD 

C. V. RIVERA, Warden, Federal Correctional 

Complex, Forrest City, Low 

ORDER 

PETITIONER 

RESPONDENT 

Valez-Santos moves to set aside this Court's Judgment entered several 

months ago. He says he didn't get a copy, and thus lost the right to appeal. 

NQ 21. Valez-Santos's mail problems are curious. He seems to get copies of 

most things the Court mails to him but not everything. 

The Court declines to vacate its second Judgment. But the Court 

construes Valez-Santos' s latest filing, NQ 23, as a motion to reopen the time for 

appeal, FED. R. APP. P. 4(a)(6), which is granted for good cause. The Court is 

skeptical about the mailing problem; but it is better to err on the side of 

preserving a litigant's right to seek an appeal. Valez-Santos has until12 June 

2015 to file a notice of appeal. 

On the merits, the Court declines to issue a certificate of appealability, 

though. Valez-Santos hasn't made a substantial showing that his 

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constitutional rights were denied. 28 U.S.C.A. § 2253(c)(l)-(2). As the Court 

has explained, NQ 19, Magistrate Judge Deere had authority to make 

recommendations in this case. 

So Ordered. 

D.P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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