Matamoros, Francisco

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: December 11, 2015
• Docket: PD-1608-15
• Status: Published

Opinion

PD-1608-15 RECEIVED IN COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS DEC 07 2015

AUSTIN, TEXAS § ^taJAcosta.Cterk § FRANSISCO MATAMOROS § APPEAL NO: 13-13-00692-CR § V. § CAUSE NO: 2013-DCR-2237-E § THE STATE OF TEXAS § § § FILED IH § COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS APPELLANT' S FIRST MOTION REQUESTING AN CcC 11 2015 EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE HIS PETITION FOR

DISCRETIONARY REVIEW Abel Acosta, Clerk

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:

NOW COMES, Appellant, Pro Se, Fransisco Matamoros, TDC#1892998, confined in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-ID, proceeding

in the above appeal and cause numbers files this his FIRST "Motion For Extension Of Time" in compliance with T.R.A.P. 68.

Appellant by the operation of law, is to file his "Petition for Discretionary Review" to this Honorable Court within 30 days from the final decision rendered by the Thirteenth Court of Appeals,

Cameron County, Texas.

The Thirteenth Court of Appeals affirmed appellant's conviction on November 5, 2015. Appellant is mandated to file his Petition

for Discretionary Review no later than December 5, 2015, a Saturday. The following circumstances justify this request for an

extension respectfully:

i)*Appellant's. legal documentation was lost by the James V. Allred Unit's Property Storage Room while the Appellant was at a Federal Immigration Bench Warrant. Appellant has been contending with the

1... James V. Allred Unit on the issue of them obtaining the legal doc

umentation lost. Appellant is left with no legal documentation to

properly file his Pro Se, Petition for Discretionary Review.

2) Appellant has limited access to legal materialt provided through the prison unit law library for research and appellant

needs an extesion of time in order to be able to properly and

correctly prepare and file his petition in a timely manner.

This request for an extension of time is by no means intended

to improperly delay the matter at hand. Appellant respectfully

requests an extension of (60) days, up to on or about: February

5, 2016.

PRAYER

WHEREFORE PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant respectfully prays

that this motion for an extension of time be GRANTED.

Respectfully Submitted:

Fransisco Matamoros #1892998

Allred Unit

2101 FM 369 N.

Iowa Park, TX 76367

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I, Fransisco Matamoros, #1892998, Appellant, Pro Se, in the

above styled Appeal and Cause numbers do hereby certify that a

true and correct original copy of the foregoing "Motion-For-an-

Extension of Time" has been forwarded to the clerk's address below

via: U.S. Mail, Postage Pre-Paid, on this day of December 1, 2015.

Forwarded to: ABEL ACOSTA

CLERK OF THE COURT OF

CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS

P.O. BOX 12308

CAPITAL STATION

AUSTIN, TX 78711

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Fransisco Matamoros, Pro Se

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