IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF SHELBY COUNTY

The Plaintiff is in receipt of STATE'S MOTION TO DISMISS filed on November 12, 2003. The Plaintiff requests that the Court continue the scheduled December 5, 2003 hearing for sixty (60) days allowing the Plaintiff time to prepare a rebuttal to opinions proffered in Exhibit B of the aforementioned Motion. The Plaintiff, for the following reasons, respectfully requests an enlargement of time of 60 days to file:

1. The STATE'S MOTION TO DISMISS is twenty-seven (27) pages long and includes Exhibit B, opinion refuting Plaintiff's witness.

2. Undersigned counsel has the following court deadlines that necessitate the filing of this motion:

05	12082003/2	CC200200024300	JHR	D001	JOHNSON RONNIE LEE	JTRL	08:00 A
05	12082003/2	CC200200170900	JHR	D001	WILLIAMS MICHAEL L	JTRL	08:00 A
05	12082003/2	CC200200173700	JHR	D001	HINOTE ARTHUR EVERETTE	JTRL	08:00 A
05	12082003/2	CC200300023700	JHR	D001	BERCANT AURICAS DIRRELL	JTRL	08:00 A
05	12082003/2	CC200300028200	JHR	D001	SHOOTS JIMMY	JTRL	08:00 A
05	12082003/2	CC200300033900	JHR	D001	WILLIAMS TERMEL DOKICKA	JTRL	08:00 A
05	12082003/2	CC200300034800	JHR	D001	SWISHER JOHN FRANKLIN	JTRL	08:00 A
05	12082003/2	CC200300038200	JHR	D001	ONEAL RENAE RHODES	JTRL	08:00 A
05	12082003/2	CC200300038700	JHR	D001	WALASZEK ROBERT MICHAEL	JTRL	08:00 A
05	12082003/2	CC200300045500	JHR	D001	KING DEVA SHLOE	JTRL	08:00 A
05	12082003/2	CC200300068000	JHR	D001	POOLE JOHN MICHAEL	JTRL	08:00 A
05	12082003/2	CC200300068200	JHR	D001	WHITE WILLIAM THOMAS JR	JTRL	08:00 A
05	12082003/2	CC200300071500	JHR	D001	WALASZEK ROBERT M	JTRL	08:00 A
05	12082003/2	CC200300083000	JHR	D001	ANDREWS MONIKA D	JTRL	08:00 A
05	12082003/2	CC200300090000	JHR	D001	DAFFIN JAMES EARL	JTRL	08:00 A
05	12082003/2	CC200300090400	JHR	D001	STILLWELL CHARLES	JTRL	08:00 A
05	12082003/2	CC200300110000	JHR	D001	HARTER MISTEY DAWN	JTRL	08:00 A
05	12082003/2	CC200300113400	JHR	D001	STONE ROBERT EUGENE	JTRL	08:00 A
05	12082003/3	CC200300111800	CCP	D001	CLARK WILBUR B	JTRL	08:30 A
05	12082003/3	CC200200157200	JLF	D001	BLAKE JOHN T	JTRL	09:00 A
05	12082003/3	CC200200168400	JLF	D001	DAVIS CHARLIE LEWIS JR	JTRL	09:00 A
05	12082003/3	CC200300017200	JLF	D001	DAVIS CHARLIE LEWIS JR	JTRL	09:00 A
05	12082003/3	CC200300017300	JLF	D001	DAVIS CHARLIE LEWIS JR	JTRL	09:00 A
05	12082003/3	CC200300017400	JLF	D001	DAVIS CHARLIE LEWIS JR	JTRL	09:00 A

Plaintiff respectfully requests additional time because of these court deadlines.

3. Dr. Jon Nordby's availability is limited as he is currently committed to other cases but will be able to provide assistance to the Plaintiff if allowed more time to clear his work schedule. His expertise is needed to provide an adequate rebuttal to the State's Exhibit B opinion by Ed Moran with the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences.

WHEREFORE, for the aforementioned reasons, Plaintiff requests 60 days to file a rebuttal to the STATE'S MOTION TO DISMISS. Plaintiff filings will be due on January 13, 2004, if the Court grants this motion.

I hereby certify that I have this date served a copy of this PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME AND REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE upon Clay Crenshaw, Attorney General's Office, Alabama State House, 11 South Union Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36130, by placing a copy of the same in the United States Mail, first class, postage prepaid on this the ________ day of _______________________, 2003.