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Nature of Suit Code: 240
Nature of Suit: Torts to Land
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity Action

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CARREA CHRISTOPHER,

Plaintiff,

Case No. 17-cv-00726-BAS-BLM

ORDER DENYING MOTION 

FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO 

APPEAL

[ECF No. 35]

v.

REACHING FOURTH 

MINISTRIES,

et al.,

Defendants.

Before the Court is a motion filed by Plaintiff for an extension of time to file a 

notice of appeal. (ECF No. 35.) Because Plaintiff has filed a motion for 

reconsideration of this Court’s January 22, 2018 order dismissing the case, the clock 

on Plaintiff’s time to appeal has been tolled. See FED. R. APP. P. 4(a)(4); Blair v. 

Equifax Check Servs., 181 F.3d 832, 837 (7th Cir. 1999) (“Rule 4(a)(4) . . . restates 

an accepted rule of practice: federal courts long have held that a motion for 

reconsideration tolls the time for appeal, provided that the motion is made within the 

time for appeal.”); see also Shapiro v. Paradise Valley Unified Sch. Dist. No. 69, 374 

F.3d 857, 863 (9th Cir. 2004). Plaintiff is advised that Federal Rule of Appellate 

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Procedure 4(a)(5) identifies when Plaintiff may move for an extension of time to file 

a notice of appeal from the point when the Court rules on his pending motion for 

reconsideration. See FED. R. APP. P. 4(a)(5)(A). Plaintiff’s current request is 

premature. Moreover, there is no basis for the Court to conclude at this juncture that 

there is good cause or excusable neglect to support an extension. Accordingly, 

Plaintiff’s motion is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: February 16, 2018

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