No. 24A641

Jose Guillermo Mendez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-12-30
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: certiorari indigent legal-resources prison-restrictions pro-se time-extension
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a pro se indigent prisoner's limited access to legal resources and prison mail restrictions constitute an extraordinary circumstance justifying an extension of time to file a writ of certiorari

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : 3+ The Petitioner's certificate of appealability was denied by Hon. Don R. Willett of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on November 19, 2024. 4+ Therefore, the ninety €90)iday deadline to file his writ of certiorari is February 17, 2025. 5+ The TDCJ-CID H.H. Coffield Unit law library only allows inmates ten (10) hours per week to conduct their research, while seeking help, prepare and draft out legal documents, and file their documents in the proper court's. 6* The TDCJ-CID mail policy prevents Petitioner from receiving any correspondence that is non-digital unless it is from a business or legal entity. It will take sixty (60) or more days to have his

Docket Entries

2025-01-02
Application (24A641) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until April 18, 2025.
2024-12-11
Application (24A641) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 17, 2025 to April 18, 2025, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Jose G. Mendez
Jose Guillermo Mendez — Petitioner
Jose Guillermo Mendez — Petitioner