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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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SUZANNE A. LUBAN

Attorney at Law

State Bar No.: 120629

3758 Grand Ave. #4c

Oakland, California 94610

Telephone 510/832-3555

Attorney for Petitioner

TARAY T. MORRIS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TARAY T. MORRIS ) Case No.: C 06-7409

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Petitioner, ) JOINT REQUEST

) TO MODIFY BRIEFING 

vs. ) SCHEDULE AND 

) PROPOSED ORDER

TONY MALFI, Warden, et al. )

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Respondent. )

_________________________________ ) Judge: Hon. Susan Illston

At the July 27, 2007 Case Management Conference, this Court adopted the

briefing schedule proposed by the parties for the filing of the First Amended §2254

Petition and respondent’s motions or Answer. According to that schedule, petitioner’s

amended petition is due October 15, 2007. It was expected that respondent’s counsel

would be back from vacation on that date and able to begin work on his responsive

brief. 

Unfortunately, counsel for petitioner has been unable to complete the amended

petition in the allotted time due to a combination of factors, including her extensive

work on multiple briefs in another habeas case before Judge Whyte in San Jose (United

States v. Shirley, Cv 04-03340 RMW), as well as a time-consuming, fact-intensive, and

lengthy opening brief in a federal appeal (Mejia v. Adams, No. 06-16460), and multiple

other projects in criminal cases that have left her with insufficient time to complete the

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amended petition on time. Moreover, respondent’s counsel, Deputy Attorney General

Michael O’Reilley, has had to modify his work schedule to accommodate attendance at

two training seminars, such that he will not be back at work full-time until Friday,

October 26, 2007, and would not be able to begin working on respondent’s motions

and/or Answer until that the following Monday. Counsel for petitioner seeks an

extension allowing her those extra two weeks before Mr. O’Reilley could work on his

response. In light of Mr. O’Reilley’s trial schedule and the holidays, he will also

require an adjustment of the briefing schedule to allow him sufficient time to complete

his responsive briefing herein. It is requested that his due date be extended until after

the December holidays.

Therefore, both counsel jointly request this Court to modify the briefing schedule

as follows, and to direct the parties to confer with the Court’s deputy clerk to select a

mutually convenient date for a Case Management Conference in January or February

2008.

October 29, 2007 Petitioner file amended petition

January 11, 2008 Respondent file Answer and any motions to dismiss

TBD Early 2008 Case Management Conference

The parties stipulate to the above proposed schedule. Mr. Morris remains

incarcerated at California State Prison at Sacramento serving multiple life sentences.

Respectfully submitted,

DATED: October 11, 2007 /S/ Suzanne A. Luban/ 

SUZANNE A. LUBAN

Counsel for Petitioner Taray T. Morris

DATED: October 11, 2007 /S/ Michael O’Reilley

MICHAEL O’REILLEY 

Deputy Attorney General 

Counsel for Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TARAY T. MORRIS ) Case No.: C 06-7409

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Petitioner, )

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vs. )

) PROPOSED ORDER

TONY MALFI, Warden, et al. )

)

Respondent. )

_________________________________ ) Judge: Hon. Susan Illston

For Good Cause Shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the previously set

briefing schedule is hereby vacated. Petitioner shall file the First Amended Petition by

October 29, 2007, respondent file an Answer and any motions to dismiss by January 11,

2008, and both counsel shall confer with the Court’s deputy clerk to set a Case

Management Conference in early 2008.

DATED: ___________, 2007

_______________________________

HON. SUSAN ILLSTON

 U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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