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Parties Involved:
Dwayne Robinson Burrell
Petitioner
Greg Lewis
Respondent

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DWAYNE ROBINSON BURRELL,

Petitioner,

v.

GREG LEWIS, Warden,

Respondent.

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No. C-13-1109 EMC (pr)

ORDER DENYING REQUEST TO

EXTEND REOPENED TIME TO

APPEAL

On February 27, 2015, the Court issued an Order Reopening Time To Appeal under Federal

Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(6), directing Petitioner that he “must file a notice of appeal within

14 days of the date of this order if he wishes to appeal.” Petitioner did not file a notice of appeal. 

Instead, on March 13, 2015, he mailed a motion for enlargement of the time to appeal, with no

explanation as to why he needed additional time. Docket # 16. 

Petitioner’s motion for an enlargement of the time to appeal is DENIED. Docket # 16. Rule

4(a)(6) allows the Court to reopen the time to file an appeal for 14 days. That 14-day period in Rule

4(a)(6) cannot be enlarged by the district court. See Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 213

(2007)(appeal had to be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction because notice of appeal not filed within

14-day period; district court had no authority to enlarge the appeal period beyond the period allowed

by Rule and statute)

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 21, 2015

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EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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