Rivas, Leonardo

Opinion

PD-1223-15

COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS AUSTIN, TEXAS

LEONARDO RIVAS, CCA #PD-1223-15

Appellant/Petitioner, US. COA #04-14-001BO-CR

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

Appellee/Respondent. tc."-#i 2-04-1 tm^&niivtSHJJr* PETITIONER'S MOTION TO UAIVE COPY REQUIREMENTS OCT 16 2015

TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS:

Petitioner Leonardo Rivas respectfully moves the Court to uaivV^the^OBfta, Cfef^ 11-copy filing requirement of Tex.R.App.P. 9.3(b)(1). He asks the Court to

allow him to file only one copy of his Petition for Discretionar ie. FILED IW (PDR), as authorized by Tex.R.App.P. 2.

OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OCT 16 2Si5

This case is pending before the Court. Leonardo's PDR is due on

November 17, 2015. Leonardo is indigent, and he cannot make the requrrerHCOSta, Clerk number of copies under Tex.R.App.P. 9.3(b)(1). The Medina County Gail does not provide a copy machine for inmate use. Leonardo does not have enough supplies to prepare 11 copies of his PDR. He cannot comply with Tex.R.App.P. 9.3(b)(1).

Leonardo respectfully asks the Court to grant him permission to file only one copy of his PDR. He asks the Court to waive Tex.R.App.P. 9.3(b)(1) and invoke Tex.R.App.P. 2.

WHEREFORE, Petitioner Leonardo Rivas respectfully asks this Court to

grant this Motion.

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SUBMITTED and SUBSCRIBED on this the <?

/ day of October, 2015

Leonardo Rivas, Pro Se

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Leonardo Rivas, Pro 5e

Medina County Jail

801 Ave. Y

Hondo, Texas 78861

DECLARATION

"I, Leonardo Rivas, presently incarcerated in the Medina County Gail in Medina County, Texas, declare under penalty of perjury under Chapter 132 of the Texas Civil Practive and Remedies Code and 28 U.S.C.

§ 1746, that the facts stated in this Motion to Waive Copy Requirements are true and correct and that I placed this Motion in the jai^s mailing system on this date.

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"Executed on this the day of

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on this the / day of October, 2015, I served the following parties with a true and correct copy of this Motion to Waive Copy Requirements by U.S. mail through the jail's mailing system in a postpaid package to the addresses below:

38th Judicial District Attorney Medina County, Texas

3102 Avenue G

Hondo, Texas 78861

State Prosecuting Attorney P.O. Box 13046

Capitol Station

Austin, Texas 78711

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