IN THE TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-14-f>0655-CR September 17, 2015

NATHANIEL FRA2IER, APPELLANT, PRO SE V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE

APPEAL FROM THE 391ST DISTRICT COURT OF TOM GREEN COUNTY, NO. D-13-0958-SA, THE HONORABLE THOMAS J. GOSSETT, JUDGE PRESIDING

SECOND MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLANT"S PRO SE BRIEF OR RESPONSE TO ANDER"S BRIEF **************** **************************************

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT: COMES NOW/ NATHANIEL J. FRAZIER, Jr, TDCJ-ID #01942796, styled herinafter as "pro se" Appellant, and respectfully urges this Honorable Court to grant him additional time to file his direct appeal for the foregoing reasons; (^RECEIVED SEP 17 2015 I.

REASONS FOR ADDITIONAL TIME \THIRDC0URIQFAPPEALS

This Honorable Court recently set the deadline for filing a direct appeals brief at the date of October 1, 2015. However, due to exceptional circumstances, the Appellant is requesting an addi tional 90-days for the foregoing reasons;

*** The Appellant is a complete layman to law and all of it's complicated rules and procedures, therefore asserting that he should not be held to the exact same time constraints as a licensed Atty.

*** The Appellant recently discovered that his unit's law-library uses a Shepardizing on-line system to gather cases for it's inmates,

( 1 of 2 ) this in itself is extremely time consuming and places the Appellant in a disadvantaged position, whereas he's forced to wait days before he can receive cases pertinent to composing his direct appeals brief.

*** The Appellant just received noticed from this Honorable Court supplying him with a "Corrected Notice" letter, in which the Appell ant was asked if his a) Reporters's Records; and b) Clerk's Records were received in full. In response, the Appellant is currently investigating his records to determine if he possess a complete file. / etc...

*** For these reasons, the Appellant is requesting additional time to file his direct appeals brief.

PRAYER FOR RELIEF ******************

WHEREFORE/ PREMISES CONSIDERED/ the Appellant prays that this Motion is [GRANTED] by adjusting his current deadline-date from October 1, 2015 to January 1, 2016/ or any other such time this Honorable Court deems necessary in accord with the reasons stated herein.

fEXECUTED THIS THE if££DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2015]

Respectfully Submitted, f

Nathaniel J. Frazier Jr

Mr. Nathaniel J. Frazier Jr John B. Connallv Unit FM 632 TDCJ NO. 01942796 Kenedy, TX 78119-4516

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