Estrada, Mark Anthony v. State ( 2015 )

PD-0726-15 IN THE RECEIVED IN COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS DF CRIMINAL AF AUSTIN, TEXAS JUL 23 2015 y MARK ANTHONY ESTRADA, '' , petitioner AbetAcosta,Clerk vs THE STATE OF TEXAS _ _ ._ FILED IN MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE PETITION FOR DISCRETlSHffi^llS^WL APPEALS UNTIL AFTER INSTITUTIONAL LOCKDOWN ENDS „„ „ .„,„ JUL 24 20 id TO THE JUDGES OF THE HONORABLE COURT: COMES NOW MARK ANTHONY ESTRADA, Petitioner in theAbsabAeostkyCft^k and cause and files this motion to extend time to file Petitioner's Petition for Discretionary Review until-after the Institutional Prison Lockdown ends and in support states the following: I. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Petitioner's first motion for extention of time to file the Petition for Discretionary Review, having been recieved in the prison mailroom on June 22,2015. This Court extended the the time to file the Petition and issued a due date of August 25,2015, stating that no further extensions will be entertained. On Moday July 20, 2015 the Petitioner's Prison Unit went on a Institutional Lockdown, which should last about (30) days, estimated. Thus, this lock down should end on or around August 20, 2015, leaving the Petitioner only (5)days left to prepare and file his Petition. II. During the Institutional Lockdown the Petitioner is prevented from going to the Prison Law Library wherein he can obtain essential and necessary legal information from law books and reference material all which are necessary to prepare a well documented Petition for Discretionary Review. Through no fault of his own, the Petitoner is confined to his cell 24/7 and is denied the use of law books within the prison law library and thus impeded from due dilligence efforts tp prepare his Petition for Discretionary Review which constitutes as good cause fori granting this Motion. Petitioner asks this Court to extend the time of (30) days after the initial due date of August 25, 2015, to file his Petition. 1. PRAYER Petitioner requests that this court grant this Motion for extention of time to file the Petition for Discretionary Review until after the Prison Institional Lockdown ends. Petitioner then Prays that*this Court issue a new due date of September 18,2015 for which the Petition for Discretionary Review is due. Respectfully submitted, MARK ANTHONY ESTRADA TDCJ#1568684 3001 SOUTH EMILY DRIVE McCONNELL UNIT BEEVILLE, TX. 78102 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Mark A. Estrada, do certify that a true copy of the above and forgoing Motion for Extention of Time to File a Petition For Discretionary Review was on this 21st day of July 2015 was mailed with first class postage pre-paid to : Clerk of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, P.O.BOX 12308, Capital Station , Austin, TX.78711. MARK ANTHONY ESTRADA TDCJ#1568684 £{ &oty- 2.