William M. Windsor v. Kellie McDougald

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: April 2, 2015
• Docket: 10-15-00069-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-15-00069-CV

WILLIAM M. WINDSOR, Appellant v.

KELLIE MCDOUGALD, Appellee

From the 378th District Court Ellis County, Texas Trial Court No. 88611

ORDER

Appellant is incarcerated. This is one of four interlocutory appeals in which

appellant is acting as his own counsel.1 He contends that due to his incarceration, he does

not have adequate access to information and legal resources. He requests a stay in two

of his appeals until he has adequate access to the information and legal resources needed

to handle his appeals. By this order, we also address, on our own motion, the advisability

1 See 10-14-00355-CV, Windsor v. Round; 10-14-00392-CV, Windsor v. Fleming; 10-15-00092-CV, Windsor v. Joeyisalittlekid, et. al. of a stay in the other two pending appeals in addition to the two in which motions were

filed.

Appellant does not contend he is indigent or that he cannot hire counsel to

represent him in this appeal.

A stay of this appeal is granted in part. Appellant cannot, however, use his own

incarceration as a means to indefinitely delay the disposition of this proceeding. This

appeal is stayed for 35 days. During this time, appellant may deal with his incarceration

or hire counsel to represent appellant in this appeal. This appeal will be reinstated

automatically after the expiration of 35 days and will proceed under the timetable

required in the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure and as scheduled by the Court, with

or without retained counsel by appellant. After reinstatement, lack of access to the

information and legal resources needed to handle his appeal will not be considered as

grounds to further delay the timely disposition of this proceeding. Moreover, appellant’s

incarceration cannot be used as an excuse to delay this appeal any longer.

PER CURIAM

Before Chief Justice Gray, Justice Davis, and Justice Scoggins Stay granted Order issued and filed April 2, 2015

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