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Parties Involved:
Ricardo Gaxiola-Sanchez
Petitioner
Eric Holder
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICARDO GAXIOLA-SANCHEZ,

Petitioner,

v.

ERIC HOLDER,

Respondent.

No. 2:15-cv-0923 MCE DAD P

ORDER

Petitioner is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. On May 18, 2015, the court issued an order directing service of the 

petition on respondent. Respondent was therein ordered to file an answer or a motion to dismiss 

within 60 days, and petitioner was ordered to file either a traverse or an opposition thereto within 

30 days thereafter. (ECF No. 5.)

On May 29, 2015, petitioner filed a motion for a “60 to 90 day” extension of time “for the 

ongoing petition [he] filed recently,” on the grounds that he was “currently in transit.” (ECF 

No. 7.) In his motion petitioner did not describe the deadline he was seeking to extend. 

Nevertheless, the court inferred that petitioner might be referring to his deadline to file an 

opposition or traverse. Because respondent had not yet filed a responsive pleading, on June 23, 

2015, petitioner’s motion for an extension of time was denied without prejudice; petitioner was 

also directed to file a notice of change of address with the court once he arrived at any new 

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facility. (ECF No. 11.) 

The court’s June 23, 2015 order, however, was returned as undeliverable. Pursuant to the 

policies of this court, petitioner was granted until September 8, 2015 to file a notice of change of 

address. Petitioner did not file a notice of change of address with the court. At the time he filed 

his initial habeas petition, petitioner was incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution in 

Herlong, California (“Herlong FCI”). (See ECF No. 1.) The Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate 

Locator website shows that petitioner is still currently located at Herlong FCI. 

On July 2, 2015, respondent filed a motion to dismiss the operative habeas petition. (ECF 

No. 12.) Because it may be that petitioner was temporarily transferred to another institution and 

did not receive the pending motion to dismiss, out of an abundance of caution, the court will grant 

petitioner an additional thirty days to file an opposition to respondents’ pending motion to dismiss 

this action.

Based on the foregoing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Together with a copy of this order, the Clerk of the Court is directed to serve petitioner 

with a copy of the motion to dismiss filed at ECF No. 12.

2. Petitioner is directed to file an opposition to the motion to dismiss, or a statement of 

non-opposition, within thirty days of service of this order. Petitioner’s failure to comply with this 

order will result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed due to petitioner’s failure to 

prosecute and to abide by court orders.

Dated: September 8, 2015

DAD:10

gaxi0923.file

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