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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT WESLEY COWAN, Case No. 1:19-cv-00745-DAD

Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE

v. ORDER GRANTING FURTHER

EQUITABLE TOLLING TO AND

RONALD DAVIS, Warden of the California INCLUDING NOVEMBER 11, 2020 State Prison at San Quentin, 14 Respondent. 15

17 On June 29, 2020, petitioner Robert Wesley Cowan, moved through counsel, to equitably toll the limitations deadline under 28 U.S.C. § 2244 for the filing of his federal habeas petition in this action. The motion, petitioner’s second, requests that the current, as tolled, petition filing deadline of August 13, 2020 be further equitably tolled to and including November 11, 2020. Petitioner set the motion for hearing on August 4, 2020 before the undersigned with the understanding the court would rule on the pleadings. Respondent Warden Ronald Davis, through counsel, filed his opposition to the motion on July 20, 2020. Petitioner filed a reply in support of the motion on July…