PD-1608-15 RECEIVED IN
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
DEC 07 2015
AUSTIN, TEXAS
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FRANSISCO MATAMOROS § APPEAL NO: 13-13-00692-CR
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V. § CAUSE NO: 2013-DCR-2237-E
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THE STATE OF TEXAS §
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§ COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
APPELLANT' S FIRST MOTION REQUESTING AN
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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
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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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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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
Respectfully Submitted:
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Fransisco Matamoros, Pro Se
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Matamoros, Francisco
Combined Opinion