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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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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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28 1 The Board of Prison Terms was abolished effective July 1, 2005,

and replaced with the Board of Parole Hearings. Cal. Penal Code

§ 5075(a).

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JERRY G. WILLS,

Petitioner,

v.

BEN CURRY, Warden,

Respondent.

 ________________________________/

No. C 05-02690 CW (PR)

ORDER GRANTING AN EXTENSION OF

TIME TO APPEAL AND DIRECTING

CLERK OF THE COURT TO PROCESS

NOTICE OF APPEAL

On September 3, 2008, Petitioner filed a notice of appeal

following this Court's July 15, 2008 Order denying his habeas

petition challenging as a violation of his constitutional rights

the denial of parole by the California Board of Parole Hearings

(Board).1

 Petitioner has also filed a document entitled, "Motion

for Relief from Default" (docket no. 19), which the Court will

construe as a request for the Court to extend the time for appeal

until September 3, 2008, based on excusable neglect. 

Rule 4(a) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure requires

that a notice of appeal "be filed with the clerk of the district

court within 30 days after the entry of the judgment or order

appealed from." Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1). Relief from the deadline

for a timely notice of appeal may be obtained by a motion in the

district court under Rule 4(a)(5), which allows for an extension of

time if the party requests it within thirty days of the expiration

of the time to file the notice and shows excusable neglect or good

cause. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5). 

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Petitioner filed his request for the Court to extend the time

for appeal within thirty days of the expiration of the time to file

his notice of appeal (August 15, 2008), and he shows excusable

neglect. Accordingly, the Court grants Petitioner's request. 

Therefore, Petitioner's Notice of Appeal filed on September 3, 2008

is timely filed. 

The Ninth Circuit has made clear that a state prisoner

challenging the administrative decision by the Board to deny his

request for parole need not obtain a certificate of appealability. 

See Rosas v. Nielsen, 428 F.3d 1229, 1232 (9th Cir. 2005).

The Clerk of the Court shall process the notice of appeal. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 9/18/08 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLS,

Plaintiff,

 v.

KANE et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV05-02690 CW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on September 18, 2008, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said

envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle

located in the Clerk's office.

Jerry G. Wills

C-20852

PO Box 689

Soledad, CA 93960-0689

Scott Colin Mather

CA State Attorney General’s Office

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004

Dated: September 18, 2008

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Sheilah Cahill, Deputy Clerk

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