MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME (FIRST REQUEST)

RICHARD F. BOULWARE, II, District Judge.

Respondents, by and through counsel, Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General of the State of Nevada, hereby respectfully move this Court for an order granting a thirty (30) day enlargement of time, to and including May 15, 2019, in which to file and serve their response to Richard VanHorn's habeas corpus petition.

This motion is based upon the provisions of Rule 6(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the attached Declaration of Counsel, as well as all other papers, documents, records, pleadings and other materials on file herein.

Respondents have not previously requested any enlargements of time. This motion is made in good faith and not for the purposes of delay.

I, Geordan Goebel, hereby states, based on personal knowledge, that the assertions of this declaration are true:

1. I am a Deputy Attorney General employed by the Attorney General's Office of the State of Nevada in the Bureau of Criminal Justice, Post-Conviction Division, and I make this declaration on behalf of Respondents' motion for enlargement of time.

2. By this motion, I am requesting a thirty (30) day enlargement of time, to and including May 15, 2019, in which to file and serve a response to petitioner Richard VanHorn's (VanHorn) habeas corpus petition. This is my first request for enlargement.

3. The response is currently due April 15, 2019.

4. I am newly assigned to this case. The additional time requested is necessary as I am endeavoring to complete the review of the voluminous record on appeal, and draft an appropriate response to the petition.

5. This motion for enlargement of time is made in good faith and not for the purpose of unduly delaying the ultimate disposition of this case.

I, Geordan Goebel, hereby state that the assertions of this declaration are true:

IT IS SO ORDERED.