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Nature of Suit Code: 535
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Death Penalty
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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Pet.’s Request for 2-Day Ext. Time To File Brief 

Gates v. Chappell, 88-2779 WHA 

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WILLIAM L. OSTERHOUDT, Bar No. 43021 

LAW OFFICES OF WILLIAM L. OSTERHOUDT 

135 Belvedere Street 

San Francisco, CA 94117 

Telephone: (415) 664-4600 

Facsimile: (415) 664-4691 

Email: Osterhoudt@aol.com 

TIM BROSNAN, Bar No. 75938 

Attorney at Law 

1116 Guerrero Street 

San Francisco, CA 94110 

Telephone: (415) 962-7967 

Email: brosnant@pacbell.net 

Attorneys for Petitioner, 

OSCAR GATES 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

COLLEEN MARY ROHAN, ex rel. OSCAR GATES, ) C88-2779 WHA 

 ) 

 Petitioner, ) DEATH PENALTY CASE 

 ) 

 v. ) PETITIONER’S 

 ) UNOPPOSED 

KEVIN CHAPPELL, ) REQUEST FOR 2-DAY 

 ) EXTENSION OF TIME 

 Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin, ) TO FILE OPENING 

 ) MERITS BRIEF RE: 

 Respondent. ) CLAIMS 6A-B & 7; 

________________________________________________) [PROPOSED] ORDER 

TO: THE HONORABLE WILLIAM H. ALSUP, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE; 

GREGG ZYWICKE, GLENN PRUDEN, AMBER WIPFLER, DEPUTY ATTORNEYS 

GENERAL; AND TO RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK OF THE UNITED STATES 

DISTRICT COURT: 

 Petitioner respectfully moves the Court to modify the briefing schedule to permit Petitioner 

two (2) additional days to file Petitioner’s Opening Brief On The Merits on Claims 6 A. - B. and 7. 

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Petitioner’s brief is currently scheduled to be filed on Friday, August 12, 2016. Petitioner requests 

permission to file the Brief on Tuesday, August 16, 2016. 

 Counsel for Petitioner has communicated this request to counsel for Respondent, Deputy 

Attorney General Gregg Zywicke, who responded that the state has no objection. Petitioner does 

not anticipate requesting any additional time to file the Opening Brief in this matter. 

 Petitioner requests this extension of time in order to be able to prepare and submit the 

Opening Brief, which will address some complex legal questions and related matters involving the 

record. The Court’s June 17, 2016, Order, Doc. 796, directed that any citations to the record 

should be included in an appendix to the parties’ pleadings, id., at 1:22-23. Proper preparation of 

the brief and appendix is taking significant time. As part of the CJA Budgeting process, counsel 

requested and this Court issued an Order approving a budget on July 26, 2016, which was emailed 

to counsel on August 1, 2016. 

 Counsel are diligently working on preparation of the Brief. During the time since the 

Court’s June 17, 2016, Order, counsel have also had pre-existing obligations in other cases, 

including capital matters, which have necessarily required time, giving rise to this request. 

 Mr. Osterhoudt is also counsel in Johnson v. Ayers, 3:98-cv-04043-SI, a capital Habeas 

case wherein the parties are litigating the scope of an evidentiary hearing recently granted by the 

District Court; United States v. Aguilera, No. 3:09-cr-00988-CRB ( N.D. Cal), on remand from the 

Ninth Circuit for evidentiary hearing regarding a cell phone search in the case, hearing scheduled 

for August 19, 2016; United States v. Petrov, 3:16-cr-00159-WHA, wherein motions must be filed 

by the end of August and are in preparation, United States v. Rush, 4:15-cv-00454, a case 

requiring review of voluminous discovery. 

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 Mr. Brosnan is also co-counsel for the condemned petitioner in: Berryman v. (San Quentin 

Warden), Ninth Circuit no. 10-10-99004, an appeal after denial of a 28 U.S.C. §2254 habeas 

corpus petition, in which he has been the primary author of several pleadings and submissions 

either filed in the public docket or under seal and oral argument is under consideration for the 

November calendar; Arias v. (San Quentin Warden), Eastern District of California no. CIV.S-99-

0627 WBS DB, in which a brief on the merits of all claims in the petition under 28 U.S.C. 

§2254(d) is due November 30, 2016, Doc. 308, and work is ongoing; Williams v. (San Quentin 

Warden), E.D. Cal no. 1:09-cv-01068-DAD-SAB, in which respondent filed its answer on August 

12, 2016, Doc. 77, and petitioner’s brief on the merits of all claims in the petition under 28 U.S.C. 

§2254(d) is due August 22, 2017, Doc. 69, and work is ongoing. 

Even with the delays occasioned by these issues, counsel for Petitioner believe they will be 

able to file the Opening Brief on Tuesday, August 16, 2016, two days after the current due date. 

 For the foregoing reasons, Counsel for petitioner respectfully request a two-day extension, 

to August 16, 2016, to file the Opening Brief. 

DATE: August 12, 2016 Respectfully submitted, 

 /s/ William L. Osterhoudt 

 WILLIAM L. OSTERHOUDT 

 /s/ Tim Brosnan 

 TIM BROSNAN 

 Counsel for Petitioner, 

 OSCAR GATES 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Good cause appearing, Petitioner's motion to extend the time for filing the Opening Brief 

on Claims 6 A. – B. and 7 to August 16, 2016, is granted. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: August ___, 2016 ___________________ 

 HON. WILLIAM H. ALSUP 

 United States District Judge 

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