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COURT

For the Northern District of California

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date the prisoner gives the document to prison officials to be mailed to the court. See, e.g., Houston

v. Lack, 487 U.S. 286, 270-71 (1988) (notice of appeal); Stillman v. Lamarque, 319 F.3d 1199, 1201

(9th Cir. 2003) (state habeas petition). Mr. Pickard’s proof of service indicates that he mailed his

motion on June 15, 2011. ECF No. 39-1 at 2. Therefore, Mr. Pickard filed his motion for

reconsideration on June 15, 2011.

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number at the top of the document, not the pages at the bottom.

C 10-05253 LB

ORDER RE SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING

UNITED 

STATES 

DISTRICT 

COURT

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

Northern District of California

Oakland Division

WILLIAM LEONARD PICKARD,

Plaintiff,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,

Defendant.

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No. C 10-05253 LB

ORDER REQUESTING ADDITIONAL

BRIEFING FROM THE

GOVERNMENT REGARDING

TRANSFER OF THE CASE TO THE

DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

On June 15, 2011,1

 Plaintiff William Pickard filed a motion for reconsideration asking the court

to reconsider its June 7, 2011 order transferring this case to the Eastern District of Virginia. Motion

for Reconsideration, ECF No. 39.2 In the alternative, Mr. Pickard requests that the court transfer the

case to the District of Arizona or certify its ruling for interlocutory appeal. Id. Pursuant to Civil

Local Rule 7-9(d), the court orders the government to submit a brief response indicating its position

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ORDER RE SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING

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on Mr. Pickard’s request to transfer the case to the District of Arizona. The government shall submit

this response no later than July 1, 2011.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 29, 2011 _______________________________

LAUREL BEELER

United States Magistrate Judge

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