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Nature of Suit Code: 535
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Death Penalty
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Ptn for Writ of H/C - Stay of Execution

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JAMES S. THOMSON

California SBN 79658

Attorney and Counselor at Law

819 Delaware Street 

Berkeley, California 94710

Telephone: (510) 525-9123

Facsimile: (510) 525-9124

JOLIE LIPSIG

Attorney at Law

California SBN 104644

1006 4th St., Suite 301

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 443-6995

Facsimile: (916) 443-7081

Attorneys for Petitioner

WILLIAM A. PROCTOR

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM A. PROCTOR, ) No. CIV-S-96-1401 RBB CMK

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Petitioner, ) DEATH PENALTY CASE

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v. ) APPLICATION AND ORDER

) FOR EXTENSION OF TIME 

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ROBERT L. AYERS, Warden of )

California State Prison at San Quentin, )

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Respondent. )

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This Court issued an Order on January 28, 2008. A request for reconsideration of this

order must be filed by February 15, 2008, or the order will become final. Local Rule 72-303(b).

Petitioner, by and through his counsel, hereby requests a sixty (60) day extension of time,

or until April 15, 2008 in which to seek reconsideration of the January 28, 2008 Order.

The extension of time is necessary for the following reasons:

1. The Order issued by this Court on January 28, 2008 establishes a litigation plan for

the remainder of Phase III. Counsel need to review and analyze the order in order to determine

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whether to file any request for reconsideration. 

2. Due to the matters raised in the Order, and those raised at the case management

conference and at the budget conference, counsel are still trying to determine whether, to what

extent, and/or by what means to challenge certain portions of the Order. To that end, counsel must

consult with Federal Resource Counsel and review the recordings of the conferences, as well as

research relevant procedural and substantive matters. 

3. Additional time is required so that counsel can obtain and review the recordings

and conduct the research necessary to make a reasoned decision how best to proceed without

jeopardizing petitioner’s rights.

4. This request for an extension of time will not delay the proceedings or the briefing

schedule established by this Court in its January 28, 2008 scheduling order. Counsel intend to

proceed with the matters scheduled by this Court while awaiting any final ruling on the January

28, 2008 briefing order. 

For all the reasons stated above, petitioner requests that he be granted an additional sixty

(60) days, to and including April 15, 2008, in which to seek reconsideration of the January 28,

2008 Order. 

DATED: February 14, 2008

Respectfully submitted,

/s/JAMES S. THOMSON

/s/ JOLIE LIPSIG

Attorneys for Petitioner

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: February 14, 2008

______________________________________

CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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