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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Larry B. Dietz, 

Petitioner, 

vs.

Warden Fizer, et al., 

Respondents. 

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No. CIV 05-3483-PHX-ROS (GEE)

ORDER

Pending before the court is a Motion to Submit Case for Decision, filed by the petitioner,

Larry B. Dietz, on March 10, 2006. [doc. #14]

On October 31, 2005, Dietz, a filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to

Title 28, United States Code, Section 2254. On January 23, 2006, the court ordered the

respondents to file their answer within 40 days of service of the order. The respondents filed

their answer on March 6, 2006, 42 days after service. 

In the instant motion, Dietz argues the respondents failed to file an answer within 40 days

of the date of service and the court should dispose of the matter summarily. Dietz is factually

right but legally wrong. The respondents did not file their answer within 40 days of the date of

service, but FED.R.CIV.P. 6(e) allows for the addition of three days to any deadline triggered

by the service of another order if, as in this case, service was accomplished by electronic mail.

The legal deadline was 43 days after service, and the respondents’ answer was timely filed.

Accordingly, 

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IT IS ORDERED that the Motion to Submit Case for Decision, filed by the petitioner,

Larry B. Dietz, on March 10, 2006, is DENIED. [doc. #14]

DATED this 28th day of March, 2006.

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