Contreras
Contreras v. Gamboa
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ERNESTO MORALES CONTRERAS, Case No. 20-cv-06206-BLF
Petitioner,
ORDER DIRECTING PETITIONER TO
v. PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION IN
SUPPORT OF HIS MOTION TO
MARTIN GAMBOA, Warden, REOPEN TIME TO FILE AN APPEAL Respondent. Re: Dkt. No.
12 Petitioner filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his 2016 criminal judgment and sentence. Dkt. No. 1. On December 29, 2021, the Court denied the petition on the merits and entered judgment in favor of Respondent. Dkt. Nos. 12, 13. On May 23, 2022, Petitioner filed a motion to reopen the time to file an appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(6). Dkt. No. 14. Petitioner asserts that he did not have access to the law library during all of January, February, and until mid-March due to Covid-10 lockdown at Avenal State Prison. Id. at 1; Dkt. No. 14-1 at 19. He asserts that in mid-March, the “program started to open…