COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE
FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON
ORDER
Appellate case name: Ex Parte Nii-Otabil Nelson
Appellate case number: 01-17-00152-CR
Trial court case number: 1372073-B
Trial court: 182nd District Court of Harris County
This Court’s May 25, 2017 Order had directed appellant’s counsel, Alphonsus O.
Ezeoke, to file a motion for rehearing addressing this Court’s March 28, 2017 Memo
Opinion dismissing this appeal for want of jurisdiction, along with a second motion for
an extension of time, within ten days of that Order or else appellant’s “Opening Brief”
would be stricken as non-compliant. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.9(a); cf. id. 42.3(c).
Appellant has failed to timely respond.
Accordingly, the Court sua sponte STRIKES appellant’s “Opening Brief” because
he failed to timely comply with this Court’s Order. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.9(a), 42.3(c).
The Clerk of this Court is directed to mark appellant’s brief, received on May 19, 2017,
as stricken.
It is so ORDERED.
Judge’s signature: /s/ Laura C. Higley
Acting individually
Date: June 13, 2017