IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-15-00092-CV
WILLIAM WINDSOR,
Appellant
v.
JOEYISALITTLEKID, ET AL,
Appellees
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
1See 10-14-00355-CV, Windsor v. Round; 10-14-00392-CV, Windsor v. Fleming; 10-15-00069-CV, Windsor v.
McDougald.
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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