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Parties Involved:
Pablo Cisneros-Vasquez
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

MICHAEL G. TIERNEY

Assistant United States Attorney

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, CA 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Attorneys for Respondent

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

PABLO CISNEROS-VASQUEZ, 

Movant/Defendant.

CASE NO. 1:14-CR-00173 LJO-SKO

UNITED STATES’ MOTION AND PROPOSED 

ORDER FOR THREE-WEEK EXTENSION OF 

TIME TO RESPOND 

The United States of America, by and through its undersigned 

attorneys, hereby requests a three-week extension of time to respond 

to Defendant/Movant Cisneros-Vasquez’s § 2255 petition, to April 1, 

2016. This motion is based on the attached declaration of Assistant 

U.S. Attorney Michael G. Tierney. A Proposed Order appears below.

DATED: March 7, 2016. Respectfully submitted,

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Michael G. Tierney

MICHAEL G. TIERNEY

Assistant United States Attorney

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D E C L A R A T I O N

I, MICHAEL G. TIERNEY, declare as follows: 

1. I am an Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) for the Eastern District 

of California. I am familiar with the facts described below.

2. On January 22, 2016, Defendant Cisneros-Vasquez filed a Motion to 

Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct his Sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.

3. On January 25, 2016, the Court issued a minute order indicating 

that “its decision-making would be aided by the filing of a 

response/opposition by the United States.” (Dkt. 17). The Court set 

a deadline of Friday, March 11, 2016 for the United States’ 

response/opposition.

4. The United States intends to file such a response/opposition, and 

I am currently researching and drafting such a document. However, 

schedule constraints have made it difficult to meet the Court’s 

deadline. These constraints include the following:

5. The AUSA originally assigned to this matter departed for 

maternity leave the same week the Court issued its minute order, and 

her pending matters were reassigned. I entered an appearance in this 

matter on February 17, 2016.

6. From February 22-25, 2016, I traveled outside the state for an 

ongoing criminal investigation.

7. During the week of February 29-March 4, 2016, I completed 

researching and drafting a Response in Opposition to another § 2255 

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petition, United States v. Neal, 1:11-CR-297. The § 2255 petition and 

supporting materials in Neal consisted of well over one hundred pages, 

and the Response required significant time to research, organize, and 

draft. 

7. Given the above constraints, it will be difficult to file the 

United States’ opposition by the original deadline. A three-week 

extension is sufficient to allow the United States to fully respond.

8. Accordingly, the United States requests that it be allowed 

to submit its response/opposition anytime on or before April 1, 2016.

I declare under the penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true 

and correct. 

Executed this 7th day of March, 2016, at Fresno, California. 

/s/ Michael G. Tierney 

MICHAEL G. TIERNEY

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ORDER

The Court having reviewed the United States’ Motion for Extension 

of Time to Respond and the attached Declaration, hereby grants an 

extension of time to respond. The United States is ordered to respond 

no later than April 1, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 8, 2016 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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