COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE
FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON
ORDER ON MOTION
Cause number: 01-18-00425-CV
Style: Hani Hafiz Ibrahim Qutiefan v. Lubna Aziz Safi
Date motion filed*: March 21, 2019
Type of motion: Second Motion to Extend Time to File the Brief
Party filing motion: Pro se appellant Hani Hafiz Ibrahim Qutiefan
Document to be filed: Appellant’s Brief
Is appeal accelerated? No.
If motion to extend time:
Original due date: January 28, 2019
Number of extensions granted: 1 Current Due Date: March 21, 2019
Date Requested: N/A (One year requested)
Ordered that motion is:
☒ Granted in part
If document is to be filed, document due: April 22, 2019.
☐ Denied in part
☐ Dismissed (e.g., want of jurisdiction, moot)
☒Other: _____________________________________
This Court’s February 21, 2019 Order granted appellant’s counsel’s motion to withdraw
and first extension request for appellant’s pro se brief until March 21, 2019, unless an
extension or a notice of appearance was filed. Because the pro se appellant’s second
extension requests one full year to file his brief to find pro bono counsel, which is an
excessive amount of time to request as extensions generally are requested in 30-day
increments, it is granted, in part, for 30 days. Cf. TEX. R. APP. P. 35.3(c) (noting that
extension requests to file record “must not exceed 30 days in an ordinary . . . appeal.”).
Appellant is directed to contact the Clerk of this Court immediately to file a docketing
statement within 5 days of the date of this Order to request placement in the Pro Bono
Program.
Judge’s signature: __/s/ Evelyn V. Keyes_______
x Acting individually Acting for the Court
Date: ___March 28, 2019___