First Motion for Extension of Time for Response to § 2255 Motion with Brief — USA v. Hopkins (Dkt. 57, N.D. Ga.)

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U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia · No. 1:22-cr-00284-SEG-CMS · Doc. 57 · 2024-05-28 · Docket on CourtListener

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA 
ATLANTA DIVISION 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
v. 
HARRESCIA HOPKINS 
Criminal Action No. 
1:22-CR-284-SEG-CMS 
  
 
Motion to Extend Deadline for Response to § 2255 Motion 
The United States of America, by Ryan K. Buchanan, United States Attorney, 
and Garrett L. Bradford, Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern 
District of Georgia, respectfully requests that the government’s due date to 
respond to the Defendant’s § 2255 motion, (Doc. 46), be extended 32 days to July 
1, 2024.  
Defendant was sentenced on June 8, 2023, to five months of imprisonment to 
be followed by two years of supervised release. (Doc. 34; Doc. 35). On August 14, 
2023, she filed a pro se motion to vacate, set aside, or correct sentence pursuant to 
28 U.S.C. § 2255. (Doc. 44). The Court ordered her to file an amended motion 
with more details about the relief she was seeking, (Doc. 45), which she did on 
August 31, 2024, (Doc. 46). On April 15, 2024, the Court ordered the government 
to file a response to the § 2255 motion by May 30, 2024. (Doc. 54). 
Recently, undersigned counsel for the government was unexpectedly out of 
the office from approximately May 8 through May 27, 2024. Additionally, while 
preparing the response brief, it became apparent that although the government 
had already obtained transcripts of Defendant’s plea hearing of December 20, 
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2022, and the status conference of May 5, 2023, a complete response to the issues 
raised in the § 2255 motion would require analysis of and citation to parts of the 
transcript of Defendant’s sentencing hearing. The government has requested that 
a transcript of the sentencing hearing be prepared, however the government does 
not yet know when it will be completed and provided.  
The government respectfully requests that the deadline for its response be 
extended by 32 days, to July 1, 2024, to allow the government time to receive the 
transcript and incorporate the appropriate citations and information in the 
responsive pleading.  
This is the first extension requested for this response brief. 
Defendant is not incarcerated; she was released from BOP custody on 
February 9, 2024. (See https://www.bop.gov/mobile/find_inmate/byname.jsp# 
(last visited May 28, 2024)).
 
Respectfully submitted, 
 
RYAN K. BUCHANAN 
United States Attorney 
/s/GARRETT L. BRADFORD 
Assistant United States Attorney 
Georgia Bar No. 074374 
Garrett.Bradford@usdoj.gov 
 
 
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Certificate of Service 
The United States Attorney’s Office served this document today by filing it using 
the Court’s CM/ECF system, which automatically notifies the parties and counsel 
of record, and by mailing a copy with sufficient postage to: 
Harrescia Hopkins 
1509 Conley Way 
Conley, GA 30288 
May 28, 2024 
 
/s/ GARRETT L. BRADFORD 
 
GARRETT L. BRADFORD 
 
Assistant United States Attorney 
 
 
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