Davis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN ALLEN BROWN, Case No. 1:19-cv-01796-DAD

Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE

v. ORDER (1) GRANTING UNOPPOSED

MOTION TO FILE LATE REPLY

RONALD DAVIS, Warden of California State BRIEF, and (2) GRANTING Prison at San Quentin, EQUITABLE TOLLING TO AND INCLUDING JUNE 1, 2021 Respondent. 15

17 On June 11, 2020, petitioner Steven Allen Brown, through counsel, moved to equitably toll the September 11, 2020 limitations deadline under 28 U.S.C. § 2244 for the filing of his federal habeas petition in this action. The motion requests that the current petition filing deadline of September 11, 2020 be equitably tolled to February 1, 2021 on grounds of delay in the appointment of federal habeas counsel, and further equitably tolled to June 1, 2021 on grounds of impediments arising as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 13, 2020, respondent Warden Ronald Davis, through …