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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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Order Granting Motion for Extension of Time to File Application for COA

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NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID GRECU,

Petitioner,

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M. S. EVANS, Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 07-00780 JF (PR)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY 

(Docket No. 26)

On August 27, 2008, the Court granted Respondent’s motion to dismiss the

petition as untimely. On September 12, 2008, Petitioner filed a motion for an extension

of time to file a motion for a certificate of appealability (Docket No. 26). In his motion,

petitioner explains that he is waiting to receive copies of court documents from the

superior court to present as exhibits in his appeal to prove that the petition was timely

filed. (Pickens Decl. in Supp. of Mot. at 1.) Petitioner requests an enlargement of time

up to and including September 15, 2008, to file his notice of appeal and motion for a

certificate for appealability 

Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(5) allows a motion 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). The

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extension must be no later than thirty days after the original deadline, or ten days after the

entry of the order granting the motion, whichever is later. See id. The Court concludes

that Petitioner has shown good cause for such extension. Accordingly, Petitioner’s

motion for an extension of time to file an application for a certificate of appealability

(docket no. 26) is GRANTED. 

Petitioner shall file an application for a certificate of appealability no later than

thirty days after the original deadline, i.e., no later than September 26, 2008. Id.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: ____________________ _____________________

JEREMY FOGEL

United States District Judge

9/18/08

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