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Respondents. : March 30, 2004 I
RESPON])ENTS’ MOTION FOR Eg TENSION OF TIME
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EI uridgsignb-d conégl, hereby respectfully request, mmc pro func, an extension of time up to and
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rnuadrng gpm] d·§g004, to submit a substantive response to the habeas petition filed in this
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- On February 4, 2004, this Court denied the Res ondents’ motion to dismiss or transfer ` I
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the habeas etition to the Eastern District of Louisiana on 'uris dictional and venue rounds. In
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" that ruling, the Court ordered Respondents to file a substantive response to the claims made in
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f" She habeas petition on or before March 28, 2004. Undersigned counsel first became aware of this I
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Tgflhruling and the Cou1t’s order to show cause, on March 29, 2004, after 5:00 p.m., while reviewing
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’ 1 On March 1, 2003, the Immi ration and Naturalization Service "INS") was abolished
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. E rsuant to the Homeland Securit Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135, 2178. The I
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E F forcement functions of INS were transferred to the Bureau of Immigration and Customs
°†§1forcement "BICE" while its service functions were transferred to the Bureau of Citizenship
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