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Parties Involved:
Ronald Davis
Respondent
Michael Eugene Thomas
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL EUGENE THOMAS,

Petitioner,

v.

RONALD DAVIS,

Respondent.

1:15-cv-00119-LJO-SAB-HC

ORDER REGARDING PETITIONER’S 

MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO 

FILE OBJECTIONS (ECF No. 16)

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in a habeas corpus action pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 2254. 

On June 19, 2015, the undersigned issued a Findings and Recommendation that 

recommended that the petition for writ of habeas corpus be dismissed for violating the limitation 

period of 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1). (ECF No. 15). In the Findings and Recommendation, the 

Court permitted Petitioner to file objections with the court within thirty (30) days after service of 

the Findings and Recommendation. On July 20, 2015, Petitioner submitted a motion for a fortyfive (45) day extension of time to file objections to the findings and recommendations. (ECF 

No. 16). However, the motion for extension of time to file objections is not signed by Petitioner. 

Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rule 131 require a document 

submitted to the Court for filing to include an original signature. Therefore, the Court is unable 

to consider Petitioner’s motion at this time. If Petitioner would like to proceed on the motion for 

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an extension of time to file objections that was filed on July 20, 2015, he is directed to submit a 

document stating that he submitted the instant motion for 45 day extension of time to file 

objections and he must sign it under penalty of perjury. The document should contain an 

original signature. Petitioner is granted twenty-one (21) days from the date of service of this 

order to comply with the Court’s directive. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Petitioner is DIRECTED to file a 

statement signed under penalty of perjury that he submitted the instant motion for extension of 

time to file his objections to the findings and recommendations to the Court within twenty-one 

(21) days of the date of service of this Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 22, 2015 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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