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Parties Involved:
Carlvin Justice
Plaintiff
People of the State of California
Defendant

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CARLVIN JUSTICE,

Plaintiff, No. C 05-4474 PJH

v. ORDER OF

CLARIFICATION

PEOPLE OF THE STATE 

OF CALIFORNIA et al., 

Defendants.

_______________________________/

The court is in receipt of an order issued by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth

Circuit, filed on May 8, 2006. The order notified the court that proceedings in the Ninth

Circuit with respect to plaintiff’s appeal will be held “in abeyance pending the district court’s

resolution of [an] April 3, 2006 pending motion,” which the Ninth Circuit has deemed a

timely-filed request for extension of time pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure

4(a)(4). 

Preliminarily, the court notes that it is unclear whether it has further jurisdiction to

proceed in the instant action, given that (1) a judgment was filed in the case on March 28,

2006 and (2) plaintiff already filed a notice of appeal on April 3, 2006 (the same day as the

above pending motion). Moreover, it is not wholly clear that plaintiff’s motion, entitled

“Plaintiff’s Moves for Lack of Judgement, and to Affirm Appeal Title 28 U.S.C. §1654 – Title

18 U.S.C. § 3682," constitutes a timely-filed motion for extension of time in which to file an

appeal. Notwithstanding, and in the interest of allowing plaintiff to prosecute his appeal

with all due efficiency, the court hereby construes plaintiff’s April 3, 2006 motion as a

proper request under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(4), and rules on the request

as follows:

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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Plaintiff’s request is GRANTED. Plaintiff now has until ten days after the date of this

order in which to file his notice of appeal. See Fed. R. App. Proc. 4(a)(5)(C). Plaintiff is

further advised that, with the exception of the notice of appeal to be filed, he is not to file

any further filings or motions before this court, as doing so will unnecessarily delay the

prosecution of plaintiff’s appeal.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 16, 2006 ______________________________

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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