Opinion
CV 19-00436 RB/JHR
08-18-2022
ERIC GUTIERREZ, Petitioner, v. HECTOR BALDERAS, Attorney General for the State of New Mexico, Respondent.[1]
ORDER
JERRY H. RITTER, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Petitioner Eric Gutierrez' Motion to Appoint Counsel [Doc. 35], docketed August 15, 2022; and his Second Motion to Extend Time to File Objections to the Magistrate's Report and Recommendations [Doc. 36], filed August 15, 2022.
Gutierrez filed a pro se motion to appoint counsel, which was docketed on August 15, 2022. [See Doc. 35]. On the same day, Gutierrez' counsel of record, Louis Elias Lopez, Jr., notified the Court that the representation issue is resolved and that “[he] will be representing the petitioner through the remainder of the case before this Court.” [Doc. 36, p. 2]. Because this issue is resolved, Gutierrez' motion to appoint counsel is DENIED as moot.
Lopez says Gutierrez “wrote his letter/motion” on August 8th, 2022, before the resolution of the representation issue. [Doc. 36, p. 2; see also Doc. 35 (caption)].
In the second motion to extend time, Gutierrez requests an additional 7 days to file objections. [Doc. 36, p. 1]. It is unopposed. [Id., p. 2]. Having considered the request, noting it is unopposed, the Court finds good cause and GRANTS the motion to extend time. The objections deadline is hereby extended to August 22, 2022.
SO ORDERED.