Skief, Tiwian Laquinn

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: May 29, 2015
• Docket: PD-0655-15
• Status: Published

Opinion

PD-0655-15 PDR NO,

TIWIAN LEQUINN 'SKIEF,. § Appellant, § IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL § v. § APPEALS AT AUSTIN, \\lb— ^&n—ll § COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS THE STATE OF TEXAS, § Appellee'.. § MAY 29 2015 MOTION FOR AN EXTENTION OF TIME TO FILE A

PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW Abel Acosta, Clerk

COMES NOW Tiwian Laquinn Skief, Appellant 3in the above styled

and numbered cause, and files his motino for an extention of time

pursuant to rule 68.2(c) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure FILED IN and shows this Honorable Court GOOD CAUSE to GRA^yf-frl^GWlffflNPAL/ft^EALS follows MAY 29 20*5 1* The Appellant was affirmed on May 21, 2013, by the Fifth Abel Acosta, Clerk District Court of Appeals at Dallas. See Skief v. State, No. 05-

12-00223-CR (Tex.App. Dallas—May 21, 2013). The Appellant filed an Habeas Action seeking an out-of-time Petition for Discretionary

Review, and this Honorable Court granted relief on May 13, 2015.

See Ex Parte Tiwian Laquinn Skief, No. WR-82,496-01(Tex.Crim.App. May 13, 2015) 2* There has been no motion for rehearing filed or en banc reconsideration filed pertaining to Appellant's original Memoran dum Opinion. Additionally, there has been no other extention of

time filed within this Honorable-Court.

3* The Appellant is seeking for a 60 day extention in order for the Appellant to properly file his Petition in a proper manner.

The due date is currently on June 12, 2015. The 60 day extention will set the proposed date to August 11, 2015. 4* The Appellant is currently without counsel for his help,

page 1 and is proceeding in the pro se status.

5* Being a layman in the law, the Coffield Unit's law lib rary only allows for offenders to have 10-15 hours per week to ,

conduct their research, properly prepare for fileing, and reply

to any court docuemnts required.

6* The Appellant believes that he can meet the deadline on

Augv 11, 2015, in order for this Court to review in a timely man ner .

PRAYER

The Appellant prays that this Honorable Court will GRANT this

motion and reset the due date to August 11, 2015, or in the alter

native, reset the current due date to a reasonable time frame in

order for the Appellant to properly file his Petition on his own

behalf.

INMATE DECLARATION

I, Tiwian L."Skief, #01769917, being currently incarcerated in the TDCJ-CID Coffield Unit in Anderson County, Texas, Declares

that the foregoing is true and correct under the penalty of per jury. EXECUTED THIS DAY OF MAY 26, 2015.

TIWIAN L. SKIEF ° #01769917-Coffield 2661 FM 2054 Tenn.Colony, Tx. 75884 Pro se.

PROOF OF MAILING

I, Tiwian L. Skief, #01769917, declares under the penalty of perjury that I have placed this motion in the internal mail box of the Coffield unit in Anderson County, Texas on May 26, 2015.

page 2 SIGNATURE OF THE PROOF OF MAILING

TIWIAN Lv SKI] #01769917-Coffield 2661 FM 2054 Tenn.Colony, Tx. 75884 Pro-se.

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TIWIAN LAQUINN SKIEF, § Appellant, § IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL § § § appeals at ^^m^mmip^ THE STATE OF TEXAS, § Appellee. MAY 29 2015

MOTION TO FILE A SINGLE COPY Abel Aeosta, Clerk COMES NOW Tiwian Skief, Appellant in the above styled and

numbered cause, and files his motion to request to file a single cooy within this Honorable Court,,and shows this court GOOD CAUSE to GRANT this motion as follows: FILED IN COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS 1* The Appellant is currently incarcerated in the TDCJ-CID MAY 29 2G»5 Coffield Unit in Anderson County.

2' Appellant is currently without Counsel' for Ataei Aaci)3tja, 3ft4rk the Appellant is indigent. 3* The Coffield unit does NOT allow offenders to have access

to a coping machine, and cannot provide this court with the re quired copies to go to the proper parties. 4* The Appellant request this Court to order the clerk of the Court to make the required copies to go to the proper parties at hand, and further requests this Honorable Court to allow the Appellant to proceed by allowing Appellant to file a single copy. PRAYER

Appellant prays that this Court will GRANT this motion and order the CLEKR of the Court to provide the required copies to go to the needed parties at hand. INMATE DECLARATION

I, Tiwian L. Skief, #01769917, being currently incarcerated

page 1 in the TDCJ-CID Coffield Unit in Anderson County, Texas, declares

that'.the foregoing is true and correct under the penalty of per jury. EXECUTED THIS DAY OF MAY 26, 2015.

TIWIAN L. SKIEF< #01769917-Coffield 2661 FM 2054 Tenn.Colony, Tx. 75884 Pro se.

I, Tiwian L. Skief, #01769917, declaares under the penalty of perjury that I have placed this motion in the internal mail box of the Coffield unit in Anderson County, Texas on May 26,

2015.

"IWIAN #017769917-Coffield 2661 FM 2054 Tenn.Colony, Tx. 75884 Pro-se.

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