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# COURTOFCR!»!AUPPE^ IN THE TEXAS COURT OP CRIMINALAPPEALS AUG 182015
CITY OF AUSTIN; TRAVIS COUNTY

THIRTEENTH COURT OP APPEAtS CITY OP CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY MO. 13-14-00372-CR ».;^siuu?sia,uilsJiT



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## COURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALS CITY OP VIDOR, ORANGE COUNTY 

### TRIAL COURTNO. B-130-137-R AbelAcosta,Clerk

CURTIS ALLEN GARRISON, APPELLANT PRO SB*

STATE OP TEXAS, APPELLEE.

APPELLANT'S PRO SEMOTION FOR EXTENSIONOP TIME TO PILE PDR T.R.APP. P. RULE 10.5(b)fI) 02015)
TO:THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OP THE COURT OP CRIMINAL APPEALS: INTOCOURT COMES, Curtis Alien Garrison, Appellant pro se, 

### hereinafter "Appellant," and pursuant to the applicable rules 

### governing petitions to the Court, requesting that the Court 

### exercises its discrettonay authority to consider the opinions of the; Court of Appeals# and request that the Court, grants him an extension of time, to research the applicable law, and 

### perfect his petition for discretionary review for submission to the Court's clerk, for filing. In support of his request 163RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT 

### AUG 182G15to the;;;Court, Appellant would respectfully show the Court, the following belowt I. 

### Appellant was convicted in the 163rd Judicial District 

### Court, for capital;murder, and sentenced to anautomatic LIPE termof imprisonment, fromOrange County, Texas. 

### Appeal was taken to theThirteenth Court of Appeals, and the Court, denied the appeal July 16, 2015. Under the rules. Appellant's first deadline expires August 16, 2015. Appellant 'has not* requested any extensions prior to this request to the Court. III. JUSTIFICATION POR EXTENSION 

### Appellant's request isbased on the following facts: 

### (I) Appellant has no previous litigationexperience, or legal backgroundand training, and has no procedural experience 

### advancing his arguments, and claims applicable to petitions requesting that the Court, reviews the opinions of a lower 

### Court of Appeals; (2) Appellant isconfined, andassignedto a maximum securityprison facility, wheremovement is very limited, and access, to the legal research tools in the prison's law 

### library, is restricted and on the verge of being inadequate* (3) Appellant's access to Inmate litigants who provide inmate to inmate legal assistance to prisoners, is also restricted 

### and limited under the new supervisors, {4) Appellant has no control, over the decisions made by security supervisors to suspend activities, and programs for the general population including direct access to the prison's law library, and the 

### limited^research material provided in it, {5) Appellant has been unable to obtain the funding to retain a skilled, and GARRISONMPBTt PAGE 2

### trainedprofessional lltgator, or attorney; (6) Appellant cannot compel prison officials, to allow him greater access to the 

### legal materials, or the research toolswithin the law library; 

### and (7) Appellant is emotionally, and mentally impairedafter being subjected to the ordeal of a capital murderprosecution, resulting from the shooting deaths of two individuals he knew.
APPELLANT'S GOOD PAITH DECLARATION 

### Appellant is requesting that the Court, grants him a ninty 

### (90) day extension," to prepare and perfect his petition to the Clerk for filing. Appellant makes this request for an extension in good faith, and for no other reason, and not for the purpose 

### of delaying the execution of the sentence imposed. Appellant is required to exercisedue diligence, throughout the appellate process, and this request to the Court, is intended todischarge 

### Appellant's duty to thecourts, to exercise due diligence. SUMMARY AND PRAYER WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant has shown the Court* 

### an extension of time is justified, and that his first request for an extension should be granted la all things. Appellant respectfully prays, that the Court* will give himnintydays to prepare, and submit his pro se petition for discretionary review fromAugust 16, ,2015. Date? August 2015 ^ Respectfully submitted,


### Curtis AlienGarrison #1926723, Robertson Unit 12071 P.M. 3522 Abilene, Texas 79601-8799
GARRISON MPET: PAGE 3CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 1/ Curtis Allen Garrison, do hereby certify that a true and correct coPy, of the foregoing Motion For Extension Of Time To File PDR, has been served on the State, by U.S. Mail, first class postage prepaid in advance, addressed to the below, on 

# this |/mydayofAugust, 2015: Mr. John D. Kimbrough Criminal District Attorney Orange CountyDistrict Attorney's Office 801 Division Orange, Texas 77630
Curtis Allen garrison

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