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