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

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I Gary T. Lowenthal — 330003
I [email protected]
Q ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
I I COLLEGE OF LAW
V I P.O. Box 877906
I Tempe, Arizona 85287-7906 I
I Telephone: (480) 965-5379
I Douglas Gerlach - 06869
I dger [email protected]
§ JENNINGS, STROUSS & SALMON, P.L.C.
I A Professional Limiteq Liability Company
. , The Collier Center, 11* Floor
* I 201 E. Washington Street
S8 Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2385
Telephone: (602) 262-5911
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I Attorneys for Petitioner
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11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
12 I DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
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I STEVEN CRAIG JAMES, No. CV 00-1118-PHX-NVW
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Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE
€ I vs. MOTION FOR EXTENSION TO FILE
MEMORANDUM
DORA B. SCHRIRO, et al.,
(Fourth Request)
. I Res ondents.
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iI9 I Counsel for Steven Craig James move the Court for an order extending the
go deadline for tiling the Memorandum Re: Merits requested by the Court in its July 24,
Ii 2006, order. The Memorandmn is due to be filed on March 21, 2007, and we ask for an
jg extension through March 28, 2007.
2I3 We have discussed this request with Robert Gorman, counsel for Respondents,
I I who has authorized us to tell the Cotut that he has not objection.
I I The amount of additional time requested — one week -— is the result of a series of
I logistical problems that prevent filing the brief on March 21 as we anticipated we would
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ii be able to do. Substantively, the brief is complete, but we have rim into a number of
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`I logitical problems that will not allow us to file it when we anticipated, including: the
3 l crash of a computer; the difficulties that accompany the integration and formatting of
& Q different sections of the memorandum that have been prepared on two different word
5 processing systems using two different word processing programs; and the need to
collect, copy, and (for electronic filing) scan a large number of exhibits (that total more
i i than 70).
8 We avow that this motion is in the interests of justice and not made for purposes of
E delay.
E March 20, 2007.
11 1 Gary T. Lowenthal
. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
112 1 COLLEGE OF LAW
P.O. Box 877906
if Tempe, Arizona 85287-7906
El y Douglas Gerlach
Q [ JENNINGS, STROUSS & SALMON, P.L.C.
l5 The Collier Center, llt Floor
y 201 E. Washington Street
l6 Phoenix,AZ 85004-2385
N § Attom Petitioner
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1 Attomeys for Petitioner
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I I hereby certify that on March 20, 2007, I electronically transmitted this Motion for
Extension to File Memorandum to the Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF System for
I filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF
I registrants:
I4 Robert John Gorman
.5 I Office of the Attorney General
I I Criminal Appeals Section
I6 400 W. Congress, Suite 315
I Tucson, AZ 85701-1367
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IS I Attorney for Respondents
9 and copy mailed to:
I0 The Honorable Neil V. Wake
M I Judge, United States District Coun
I United States District Court
I2 401 West Washington
I3 Phoenix, AZ 85003
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