Jogaak Deng Jogaak v. Tabitha Benting

Summary

The United States District Court for the District of South Dakota grants Jogaak Deng Jogaak’s motion to extend the deadline for filing objections to a Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation. The court finds that the motion may have been delivered to prison authorities by the original deadline and sets April 20, 2026, as the new deadline.

Holdings

1. The court granted the petitioner's motion for an extension because it was possible that he delivered the motion to prison authorities for mailing on or before the objection deadline.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the petitioner should receive an extension of the deadline to file objections to the magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation when the court could not determine when the petitioner delivered his motion to prison authorities for mailing.

Disposition

other