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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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BRUCE LOCKE (#177787)

Moss & Locke

555 University Avenue, Suite 150

Sacramento, CA 95825

(916) 569-0667

(916) 569-0665 fax

Attorneys for

MORRIS P. HARMON, JR.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MORRIS P. HARMON, JR., ) No. 2:08-cv-1218 BJR ) Petitioner, ) MOTION FOR AN ADDITIONAL ) 45 DAYS TO ADVISE THE COURT

) OF HOW PETITIONER INTENDS v. ) TO PROCEED AND PROPOSED ) ORDER WARDEN DERRAL G. ADAMS, )) Respondent. ) )

On April 16, 2010, this Court ordered Petitioner’s newly appointed

counsel, the Federal Defender, to advise the court by July 15, 2010 of how

Petitioner intends to proceed in light of the Court’s analysis of the status of the

case.

On April 28, 2010, the Court ordered that undersigned counsel be

substituted for the Federal Defender as counsel for Mr. Harmon.

Undersigned counsel attempted to obtain copies of the documents that

Respondent’s counsel had lodged with the Court at the time that Respondent

filed his answer to the Petition but those documents were not available at the

Courthouse in Sacramento and counsel for Respondent refused to supply

counsel for Petitioner with a copy of the documents.

This Court had the documents copied and sent to undersigned counsel

during the first week of July and undersigned counsel received them on July 1,

2010.

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Undersigned counsel needs additional time to review the pleadings and

the documents lodged with the Court and, therefore, requests that the Court

grant undersigned counsel an additional 45 days until August 31, 2010 within

which to advise the Court of how Petitioner intends to proceed in this case.

Counsel for Respondent has advised undersigned counsel that

Respondent does not object to the granting of this Motion.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: July 7, 2010 /S/ Bruce Locke Bruce Locke

Attorney for Petitioner

For the reasons stated above, the Motion of Petitioner is granted.

Dated:__________________ ________________________

Barbara Jacobs Rothstein

U.S. District Court Judge

July 14, 2010 /s/ Barbara Jacobs Rothstein

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