Opinion
2:21-cv-00731-GMN-VCF
01-21-2022
CHRISTOPHER LENARD BLOCKSON, Petitioner, v. JERRY HOWELL, et al., Respondents.
ORDER
GLORIA M. NAVARRO, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
In this habeas corpus action, brought pro se by Christopher Lenard Blockson, the respondents are due to file a response to Blockson's habeas petition by February 4, 2022. See Order entered July 8, 2021 (ECF No. 8); Order entered October 12, 2021 (ECF No. 17); Order entered December 8, 2021 (ECF No. 22).
On January 4, 2022, Blockson filed a motion for leave to conduct discovery (ECF No. 26). Respondents filed a response to that motion on January 18, 2022 (ECF No. 29). Blockson is due to file a reply to Respondents' response by January 25, 2022. The Court will extend the time for that reply to March 4, 2022.
On January 20, 2022, Blockson filed a motion (ECF No. 30) requesting service of documents filed by Respondents. Specifically, Blockson requests service of the answer to his habeas petition and the opposition to his motion for leave to conduct discovery. Respondents have not filed an answer or any other response to Blockson's petition. Respondents only filed their opposition to the discovery motion on January 18, 2022; the Court observes that it is possible that delay caused in the prison by the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the service of that document. At any rate, the Court will direct the Clerk of the Court to send to Blockson, by mail, a copy of this order and a copy of Respondents' opposition to his motion for leave to conduct discovery.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Petitioner will have until and including March 4, 2022, to file a reply to Respondents' response to his motion for leave to conduct discovery.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner's Motion to Request Service (ECF No. 30) is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send to Petitioner, by mail, a copy of this order and a copy of the document filed at ECF No. 29. In all other respects, Petitioner's motion is denied.