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~ILED 1 MAF-'. '1914:38USDC·(lRP 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON 

PORTLAND DNISION 

ANDREA OLSON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, by 

and through the Department of Energy 

and Bonneville Power Administration; 

and JAMES RICHARD PERRY, 

Secretary of the Department of Energy, 

Defendants. 

Billy J. Williams 

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 

District of Oregon 

Jared Hager 

ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 

1000 SW Third Ave., Ste 600 

Portland, OR 97204 

Donna A. Oden-Orr 

BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION 

P.O. Box 3621 

Portland, OR 97208 

Attorneys for Defendants 

No. 3:15-cv-02216-HZ 

MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO 

FILE A NOTICE OF APPEAL 

I, Andrea Olson, plaintiff in this case, am severely impacted by exacerbation of trauma acquired 

through employment and subsequent litigation seeking justice for wrongdoing. I contacted federal 

court today and understand there is no template available within this court to follow in order to make 

this motion for extension of time to file a notice of appeal. I swear that I am doing the best I can to 

articulate to the court that I need additional time to file a notice of appeal, so in the event of any errors, 

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they arose because I am disabled, impoverished, and incapable of doing any better than I am doing. I 

respectfully request forgiveness for my lack of ability to structure this motion in a perfect manner 

because I am not a lawyer. 

From the internet, I read that an appeal letter to a judge should include the decision of the prior court. 

All I can recall is that the decision was in favor of the defendants. I swear I could not and still cannot 

read the decision details because of trauma so I am unable to state what the decision was on January 4, 

2019. 

I learned from the court today that former counsel assigned by the court to my case had withdrawn 

request for extension of time to appeal. While I had understood from former counsel that the decision 

itself did not appear to lend itself to appeal, I did not understand that its withdrawal request for 

extension of time to appeal would otherwise impact my own ability to make any appeal to the court. I 

have been struggling since the trial in September, because I had to endure witnesses for the defendant 

saying things that I can prove were not true and so much evidence/proof had been suppressed. All I 

have known since the Court rendered a decision is that I had to do something with this Court by March 

4, 2019, in order to keep my case alive. I swear under oath I believed that I had 60 days to do 

something with the court in order to keep my case alive. 

I respectfully request that this Court grant this motion to extend the appeals deadline in this case from 

March 4, 2019, to April 4, 2019 so that I may focus on and better articulate my reasons for appealing 

the Court's decision and keep this case alive. 

Dated this I st day of March, 2019 

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Respectfully Submitted, 

Plaintiff / Andrea Olson 

3404 SW Comus St 

Portland,Oregon,97219 

(503) 452-8888 

andrea.olson8888@gmail.com 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

On March 1, 2019, I, Andrea Olson, Plaintiff, am serving a Motion for Extension of Time to Appeal for 

Case 3:15-cv-02216-HZ through the following: 

Hand-delivered: 

Honorable Marco A. Hernandez 

Mark 0. Hatfield United States Courthouse 

Room 1427 

1000 Southwest Third Avenue 

Portland, OR 97204-2944 

Email only: 

Jared Hager, Esq. 

United States Attorney's Office 

Assistant United States Attorney 

I 000 SW Third Ave., Suite 600 

Portland, OR 97204 

Donna A. Oden-Orr 

BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION 

P.O. Box 3621 

Portland, OR 97208 

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