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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Ernest Valencia Gonzales, 

Petitioner, 

vs.

Dora B. Schriro, et al., 

Respondents. 

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No. CV-99-2016-PHX-SMM

DEATH PENALTY CASE

ORDER

Before the Court is Petitioner’s Motion for Extension of Time to File Merits Brief and

Request for Evidentiary Development. (Dkt. 195.) Petitioner seeks a 30-day extension of

the deadline for filing his merits brief, from June 20 to July 20, 2008. Respondents oppose

the motion. 

Petitioner filed a 237-page amended habeas petition on July 17, 2000. (Dkt. 28.) The

Court ruled on the procedural status of Petitioner’s claims on January 12, 2006, and directed

the parties to file supplemental merits briefs, with Petitioner’s brief due in 45 days. (Dkt.

97.) On the eve of that deadline, February 23, 2006, Petitioner filed his motion to determine

competency. (Dkt. 98.) Thus, eight years have passed since Petitioner filed his amended

petition, more than five of which occurred prior to the filing of the motion to determine

competency. Petitioner has had ample time to prepare his brief, and the Court finds no good

cause for the instant request.

Accordingly,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion for Extension of Time to File

Merits Brief and Request for Evidentiary Development (Dkt. 195) is DENIED.

DATED this 18th day of June, 2008.

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