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Parties Involved:
Nancy Alcantar
Respondent
Michael Chertoff
Respondent
Alberto Gonzales
Respondent
Rajinder Pal Singh
Petitioner

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JAMES TODD BENNETT 

Attorney of Law 

P. O. Box 742 

El Cerrito, CA 94530 

Telephone: (510) 232-6559 

California State Bar No. 113009 

Attorney for Petitioner 

RAJINDER PAL SINGH 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RAJINDER PAL SINGH, 

 Petitioner, 

v. 

MICHAEL CHERTOFF, Secretary,

Department of Homeland

Security, NANCY ALCANTAR, Field 

Office Director, Immigration

and Customs Enforcement, and

ALBERTO GONZALES, Attorney

General of the United States, 

 Respondent. 

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CASE NO: C07-3943 MMC 

PETITIONER'S THIRD UNOPPOSED 

MOTION TO EXTEND TIME BY ONE 

BUSINESS DAY TO FILE REPLY TO 

OPPOSITION TO PETITION; 

PROPOSED ORDER

[Alien Registration No.: 

 A71 789 054] 

Hearing Date: October 12, 2007

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

 Pursuant to Local Rules 6-1 and 6-3, Rajinder Pal Singh, 

petitioner herein, hereby respectfully moves the Judge of the 

United States District Court, Northern District of California, 

for an order extending the time to reply to Respondent's 

Opposition to Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus from the 

current due date of October 2, 2007 to the next business day, 

October 3, 2007. 

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 Counsel for respondents herein, Edward Olsen, Assistant 

United States Attorney, United States Attorney Office, does not 

oppose this motion. 

 The reason for this motion is that counsel for petitioner 

has been in protracted contested habeas corpus proceedings in 

Garcia Garnica v. Chertoff, et. al., United States District 

Court, Northern District of California, Case No. C07-4953 SBA 

and Garcia Garnica v. Chertoff, et. al., United States Court of 

Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Case No. 07-16737, and Case No. 

05-75751, recall of mandate, and on October 2, 2007, counsel had 

to complete an amended brief in Fonseca Ramirez v. Gonzales, 

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Case No. 

04-73367, for the past eight days and has been unable to 

complete the reply due to the unanticipated conflict. 

 Based on the foregoing, it is respectfully requested that 

the motion be granted. 

Dated: October 2, 2007 /s/ 

 JAMES TODD BENNETT 

 Attorney for Petitioner 

 Rajinder Pal Singh 

DECLARATION OF COUNSEL

 I, James Todd Bennett, hereby declare that: 

 1. I am an attorney at law, duly licensed to practice law 

by the California State Bar. 

 2. I am counsel of record for petitioner herein. 

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 3. The reply to the Respondent's Opposition to Petition 

for Writ of Habeas Corpus is currently due by September 28, 2007 

by the court's order pursuant to stipulation by the parties. 

 4. For the past eight days, I have been in protracted 

contested habeas corpus proceedings in Garcia Garnica v. 

Chertoff, et. al., United States District Court, Northern 

District of California, Case No. C07-4953 SBA, and before the 

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Case No. 

07-16737, followed by a motion to recall mandate and reinstate 

proceedings in Case No. 05-75751. On October 2, 2007, counsel 

was delayed in an immigration hearing and then had to complete 

the amended brief in Fonseca Ramirez v. Gonzales, United States 

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Case No. 04-73367. 

 5. I am unable to complete the reply herein by October 1, 

2007 due to the conflict and request leave to October 2, 2007 

within which to respond. 

 6. On October 2, 2007 I conferred with Edward Olsen, 

Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney Office, 

counsel for respondents, and he stated he does not oppose this 

motion. 

 7. One prior modification has been requested and granted. 

 8. The requested extension will not modify the hearing 

date of October 12, 2007 unless otherwise ordered by the court. 

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 9. Based on the foregoing, it is requested that the time 

to reply be extended to October 3, 2007. 

 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is 

true and correct and that this declaration was executed on 

October 2, 2007 at El Cerrito, California. 

 /s/ 

 JAMES TODD BENNETT 

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PROPOSED ORDER

 Upon a showing of good cause: 

 The time for petitioner to reply to the Respondent's 

Opposition to Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is extended to 

October 3, 2007. 

 

 MAXINE M. CHESNEY 

 United States District Judge 

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