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Parties Involved:
Kera Evans
Petitioner
Jenkins
Respondent

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KERA EVANS,

Petitioner,

v.

JENKINS,

Respondent.

Case No. 18-cv-02716-SI 

ORDER

On January 10, 2019, the court stayed this case because a lapse in appropriations for the U.S. 

Department of Justice affected the availability of counsel for respondent to work on the case. Docket 

No. 16. Intending that the stay dissolve once the lapse in appropriations ended and that the parties 

would thereafter resume their briefing duties, the court wrote: “This case is now STAYED until the 

day after Congress restores funding for the U.S. Department of Justice. Within twenty-one days of 

Congress restoring funding for the U.S. Department of Justice, respondent must file his answer to 

the petition. Within thirty days of receipt of respondent’s answer, petitioner must file her traverse 

in support of her petition for writ of habeas corpus.” Id. Respondent timely filed his response to 

the petition on February 5, 2019, but petitioner never filed a traverse. It is possible that petitioner 

was waiting for a formal order lifting the stay even though such an order was not necessary. Out of 

an abundance of caution, so that petitioner does not miss her opportunity to file a traverse, the court 

now confirms that the STAY IS LIFTED and permits petitioner to file her traverse no later than 

June 14, 2019. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 22, 2019

______________________________________

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

Case 3:18-cv-02716-SI Document 18 Filed 05/22/19 Page 1 of 1