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ACCEPTED
                                                                                      14-15-00709-CV
                                                                      FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                                   HOUSTON, TEXAS
                                                                                 12/7/2015 1:43:57 PM
                                                                                CHRISTOPHER PRINE
                                                                                               CLERK

                      NO. 1 4-15-00709-CV
  __________________________________________________________
                                                       FILED IN
                                                14th COURT OF APPEALS
                 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS           HOUSTON, TEXAS
          FOR THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT  12/7/2015 1:43:57 PM
                   OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON          CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
                                                         Clerk
 ___________________________________________________________

               IN THE MATTER OF A.F., Appellant
 ___________________________________________________________

                               A.F., Appellant

                                      v.

                    THE STATE OF TEXAS,
                           Appellee
  _________________________________________________________

              On Appeal from the 314th District Court
                       Harris County, Texas
                Trial Court Cause No. 2014-03135J
  _________________________________________________________

   APPELLANT’S SECOND UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION
                   OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS:

      A.F., appellant, moves the Court to extend the time to file his brief

and in support thereof respectfully shows:

      1. Appellant’s brief was due on December 2, 2015. He requests that

its due date be extended to Monday, January 4, 2016.

      2. Good cause exists to grant this motion. Within the last five weeks

counsel prepared and filed appellant briefs in the following accelerated
appeals: No. 14-15-00799-CV; styled: In re J.D.A.; no. 14-15-00601-CV;

styled: In re N.S. and, no. 14-15-00864-CV; styled: In re B.M.S. Counsel is

currently preparing the appellant’s briefs in accelerated appeals no. 14-15-

00882-CV; styled: In re K.I.B.C. due December 7, 2015 and no. 14-15-

00904-CV; styled: In re B.J.C., et al. due on December 14, 2015.

      3. In addition, last week trials were scheduled for two parental

termination cases where counsel represented the mother in a case numbered

2014-04419J; styled: In the Interest of R.A., Child in the 313th District Court

and the father in a case numbered 2014-00645J; styled: In the Interest of

R.P., et al., Children in the 315th District Court. Finally, counsel appeared in

approximately 25 non-trial setting.

      4. This extension is not sought for the purposes of delay but rather so

that the ends of justice may be served.

      WHEREFORE, A.F., appellant, prays that this Honorable Court

extend the time to file his brief to Monday, January 4, 2016.

                                          Respectfully submitted,
                                          /s/ william m thursland
                                          ___________________________
                                          William M. Thursland
                                          TBN: 20016200
                                          440 Louisiana St., Ste. 1130
                                          Houston, TX 77002
                                          Email: wmthursland@hotmail.com
                                          Tel.: (713) 655-0200 x 105;
                                      Fax: (713) 655-9035

                                      Attorney for Appellant A.F.

                   CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

      Pursuant to TRAP 10.1(a)(5), I certify that Appellee’s counsel, ADA
Eric Cougler, is unopposed to this motion.

                                      /s/ william m thursland
                                      ______________________
                                      William M. Thursland

                      CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

      I certify that on December 7, 2015 a true and correct copy of the
foregoing pleading was served appellee’s counsel, Eric Cougler, Assistant
Harris County District Attorney, by fax to (713) 755-5809.

                                      /s/ william m thursland
                                      ________________________
                                      William M. Thursland