Broadnax, James Garfield

Opinion

WR-81,573-01 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 5/21/2015 2:17:42 PM Accepted 5/21/2015 4:50:41 PM IN THE ABEL ACOSTA CLERK TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS and RECEIVED CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT NO. 7, DALLAS COUNTY, TX OF CRIMINAL APPEALS COURT 5/21/2015 ABEL ACOSTA, CLERK

) Ex Parte James Garfield Broadnax, ) TCCA No. AP 76,207 Applicant, ) Trial Court Cause No. WR08-24667-Y )

NOTICE OF TIMELY FILING OF MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL IN FEDERAL COURT

Pursuant to TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. 11.071, sec. 2(e), Petitioner, James Broadnax, provides

notice that after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied state habeas relief on May 20, 2015,

he filed a Motion for Appointment of Conflict-Free Federal Habeas Counsel in the United States

District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Civil Action No. 3:15-cv-1758 on May 21, 2015.

(“If the court of criminal appeals denies an applicant relief under this article, an attorney appointed

under this section to represent the applicant shall, not later than the 15th day after the date the court

of criminal appeals denies relief...move for the appointment of counsel in federal habeas review

under 18 U.S.C. 3599.... [T]he attorney shall immediately file a copy of the motion wiht the court

of criminal appeals.....”

Attached to this Notice is the motion filed in the USDC.

Respectfully submitted, _________________________ Lydia M.V. Brandt Texas Bar No. 00795262 THE BRANDT LAW FIRM, P.C. P.O. Box 850843 Richardson, TX 75085-0843 (972) 699-7020 (Phone) (972) 699-7030 (Fax)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on May 21, 2015, I sent by US mail a copy of the foregoing to:

Attn: Lisa Smith, Assistant District Attorney Capital Writs – Appellate Section Dallas County District Attorney’s Office 133 N. Riverfront Blvd., LB 19 Dallas, TX 75207

____________________________________ Lydia M.V. Brandt

Exhibit: Mtn for Appointment of Conflict-Free Counsel in USDC