Free Motion for Extension of Time - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

1 Gary T. Lowenthal — 330003
[email protected]
2 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF LAW
3 P.O. Box 877906
Tempe, Arizona 85287-7906
4 Telephone: (480) 965-5379
5 Douglas Gerlach — 06869 _
[email protected]
6 JENNINGS, STROUSS & SALMON, P.L.C.
A Professional Limited1Liability Company
7 The Collier Center, lll Floor
201 E. Washington Street
8 Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2385
Telephone: (602) 262-5911
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Attorneys for Petitioner
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11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
12 DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
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STEVEN CRAIG JAMES, No. CV 00-1118-PHX-NVW
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Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE
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vs. MOTION FOR EXTENSION TO FILE
16 MOTION FOR REC ONSIDERATION
DORA B. SCHRIRO, et al., ‘
17 (First Request)
Res ondents.
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A 19 Counsel for Steven Craig James move the Court for an order extending the
20 deadline for any motion for reconsideration of the Court’s July 24, 2006, order. We
21 request an extension until September 20, 2006.
22 We have not determined whether any such motion will be filed. If it is, Gary
23 Lowenthal, lead counsel for James, will be the person with principal responsibility for
24 writing it. He has been and will remain out of state through Labor Day.
25 The Court’s July 24 order provided 15 days for filing a motion for reconsideration.
26 This motion asks for 15 days following Mr. Lowenthal’s return to Phoenix. No previous
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1 requests regarding such a motion have been made.
2 We regret not bringing this motion sooner. When reviewing the Court’s July 24 ‘
3 order, we simply, and mistakenly, glossed over the deadline, or in other words, we
4 missed it. We ask the Court not to visit the consequences of our negligence on our
5 client.
6 We have notified Robert Gorman of the State Attomey General’s Office of our
7 intent to file this motion, and he graciously told us that he had no objection.
8 We avow that this motion is in the interests of justice and not made for purposes of
9 delay.
10 August 2006.
ll Gary T. Lowenthal I
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
12 COLLEGE OF LAW
P.O. Box 877906
I3 Tempe, Arizona 85287-7906
14 Douglas Gerlach
JENNINGS, STROUSS & SALMON, P.L.C.
15 The Collier Center, llt Floor
201 E. Washington Street
16 Phoenix, AZ 85004-2385
17 Attomeys • itioner
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I hereby certify that on August LX, 2006, I electronically transmitted this Motion for
2 Extension to File Motion for Reconsideration to the C1erk’s Office using the CM/ECF
3 System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following
_ CM/ECF registrants:
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5 Robert John Gorman
5 Office of the Attorney General
6 Criminal Appeals Section
400 W. Congress, Suite 315
7 Tucson, AZ 85701-1367
8 1 [email protected]
{ Attorney for Respondents
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ll The Honorable Neil V. Wake °
Judge, United States District Court
p 12 United States District Court
401 West Washington
13 Phoenix, AZ 85003 ‘
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