COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE
FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON
ORDER ON MOTIONS
Cause number: 01-18-00425-CV
Style: Hani Hafiz Ibrahim Qutiefan v. Lubna Aziz Safi
Date motions filed*: February 14, 2019
Type of motions: Motion for Withdrawal of Counsel; Motion to Extend Time to File Brief
Party filing motions: Appellant’s counsel Jetty Abraham
Document to be filed: Notice to pro se appellant; Appellant’s brief
Is appeal accelerated? No.
If motion to extend time:
Original due date: January 28, 2019
Number of extensions granted: 0 Current Due Date: February 19, 2019
Date Requested: N/A
Ordered that motions are:
☒ Granted
If documents are to be filed, documents due: 3/4/19 (notice); 3/21/19 (brief).
Denied
Dismissed (e.g., want of jurisdiction, moot)
☒ Other: _Appellant’s counsel’s motions for withdrawal of counsel and extension of time
to file brief, to allow her client time to obtain new counsel, are granted. See TEX. R. APP.
P. 6.5(a). Accordingly, the Clerk of this Court is directed to remove Jetty Abraham as
counsel for appellant. Ms. Abraham is ordered to comply with her notification obligations
by serving a copy of the motion to withdraw and this Order and the notice required under
Rule 6.5(c) to the pro se appellant and by filing a copy of the notice with the Clerk of this
Court within ten days of the date of this Order. See id. 6.5(c). Appellant’s pro se brief
must be filed within 30 days of the date of this Order, or by March 21, 2019, unless
appellant files an extension or new counsel files an appearance with an extension request._
Judge’s signature: __/s/ Evelyn V. Keyes____________
x Acting individually Acting for the Court
Date: __February 21, 2019____