Cates

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 7, 2021 State Prison at San Quentin, 15 Respondent.

17 On March 10, 2021, petitioner Robert Wesley Cowan, moved through his counsel, to equitably toll the statute of limitations deadline under 28 U.S.C. § 2244 for the filing of his amended federal habeas petition in this action. The motion, petitioner’s fourth, requests that the current, as tolled, amended petition filing deadline of May 11, 2021 be further equitably tolled to and including November 7, 2021, with respondent’s answer due six (6) months after filing of the federal habeas amended petition. Petitioner set the motion for hearing on April 20, 2021 before the undersigned with the understanding the court would rule on the pleadings. Respondent Warden Ronald Davis, through counsel, timely…