Opinion
1:18-cv-17197 (NLH)
08-26-2020
DARNELL STEWART, Petitioner, v. WARDEN BRUCE DAVIS, Respondent.
APPEARANCES: Darnell Stewart 567134/136118C New Jersey State Prison PO Box 861 Trenton, NJ 08625 Petitioner pro se Jill S. Mayer, Acting Camden County Prosecutor Linda A. Shashoua, Special Deputy Attorney General Camden County Prosecutor's Office 200 Federal Street Camden, NJ 08103 Attorneys for Respondent
MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER
APPEARANCES: Darnell Stewart
567134/136118C
New Jersey State Prison
PO Box 861
Trenton, NJ 08625
Petitioner pro se Jill S. Mayer, Acting Camden County Prosecutor
Linda A. Shashoua, Special Deputy Attorney General
Camden County Prosecutor's Office
200 Federal Street
Camden, NJ 08103
Attorneys for Respondent HILLMAN , District Judge
WHEREAS, Darnell Stewart filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, see ECF No. 1; and
WHEREAS, the Court denied Respondent's motion to dismiss the petition on April 14, 2020, see ECF No. 13; and
WHEREAS, Respondent filed its answer on June 29, 2020, see ECF No. 16; and
WHEREAS, Petitioner requests an additional 60 days to file his response due to the restrictions imposed on access to the prison law library as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, ECF No. 17; and
WHEREAS, the Court noted in a May 12, 2020 order that Petitioner's response was due July 29, 2020, see ECF No. 15,
THEREFORE, IT IS on this 26th day of August, 2020
ORDERED that Petitioner's request for an extension, ECF No. 17, is granted. Any response is due October 2, 2020; and it is finally
ORDERED that the Clerk shall send a copy of this order to Petitioner by regular mail.
s/ Noel L. Hillman
NOEL L. HILLMAN, U.S.D.J. At Camden, New Jersey