                                                                                ACCEPTED
                                                                            06-17-00211-CR
                                                                  SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                        TEXARKANA, TEXAS
                                                                           4/3/2018 1:55 PM
                                                                           DEBBIE AUTREY
                                                                                     CLERK

              IN THE SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS
             ___________________________________
                                                       FILED IN
                                                6th COURT OF APPEALS
                      NO. 06-17-00211-CR          TEXARKANA, TEXAS
             ___________________________________4/3/2018 1:55:12 PM
                                                    DEBBIE AUTREY
                  LYDIA METCALF, Appellant              Clerk


                                 V.

                  STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
____________________________________________________________

           On Appeal from the 123rd Judicial District Court
                       Panola County, Texas
                Trial Court Case No. 2015-C-0290
___________________________________________________________

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



                                  William J. Robertson
                                  State Bar No. 17077500
                                  9800 Northwest Freeway
                                  Suite 314
                                  Houston, Texas 77092
                                  (713) 263-9911 Tele.
                                  (866) 657-5609 Fax
                                  Robertsonlawfirm@gmail.com
                                  John C. Osborne
                                  TBA 15333200
                                  7887 Katy Freeway, $184
                                  Houston, Texas 77024
                                  Tele: 713-530-3481
                                  Email: itcprojectfunding@gmail.com
                                 ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT


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                 IN THE SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS
                ___________________________________

                         NO. 06-17-00211-CR
                ___________________________________

                      LYDIA METCALF, Appellant

                                     V.

                   STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
 ____________________________________________________________

              On Appeal from the 123rd Judicial District Court
                          Panola County, Texas
                   Trial Court Case No. 2015-C-0290
___________________________________________________________

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

To the Honorable Justices of the Sixth Court of Appeals:

      Appellant, Lydia Metcalf, respectfully request the Court to extend the

deadline for filing her Appellant’s Brief by 30 days from April 6, 2018 to

May 6, 2018 pursuant to the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 10.5 (b)

and 38.6 (d), and in accordance with the local rules of this Honorable Court.

In support thereof, the Appellees would show as follows:

      1.    The Appellant requests a thirty-day extension of time for the

deadline for filing the Appellant’s Brief such that the Brief is considered

timely filed on May 6, 2018.


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      2.     The undersigned counsel is facing severe time constraints for

reviewing the Reporter’s Record and the file in this appeal and preparing a

complete and proper Appellant’s Brief while at the same time complying

with pre-existing deadlines in other cases.

      3.     Further, the undersigned counsel for Appellant has been

undergoing chemotherapy at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas for

the last four months which has resulted in delays preparing the Appellant’s

Brief in this cause of action. The undersigned counsel was released from

further treatments at M.D. Anderson on March 28, 2018 but will need

additional time to review the evidence, review the Reporter’s Record and

research the legal issues presented in this case.

      4.     No previous extensions have been granted or requested

regarding the filing of Appellant’s Brief.

      5.     The undersigned counsel contacted counsel for Appellee on

April 3, 2018 and Appellee’s counsel is not opposed to this Motion for

Extension of Time to file Appellant’s Brief.

      6.     Based on the foregoing, Appellant respectfully prays that this

Court extend the deadline for filing the Appellant’s Brief by thirty days from

April 6, 2018 to May 6, 2018.




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                                     Respectfully submitted,

                                     /s/ William J. Robertson
                                     _________________________
                                     William J. Robertson
                                     TBA 17077500
                                     9800 Northwest Freeway
                                     Suite 314
                                     Houston, Texas 77092
                                     Tele: 713-263-9911
                                     Fax: 866-657-5609
                                     Email: robertsonlawfirm@gmail.com
                                     John C. Osborne
                                     TBA 15333200
                                     7887 Katy Freeway, $184
                                     Houston, Texas 77024
                                     Tele: 713-530-3481
                                     Email: itcprojectfunding@gmail.com
                                     ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT


                     CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

       I certify that a true and correct copy of the above Appellant’s
Unopposed First Motion for Extension of Time to file Appellant’s Brief”
was served on all counsel of record by U.S. Mail, Certified, Return Receipt
Requested and/or by facsimile and/or email and/or the Court’s electronic
notification service on this 3rd day of April 2018.

Ms. Gena Bunn
P.O. Box 6150
Longview, Texas 75608
Email: gbunn@genabunnlaw.com

                                     /s/ William J. Robertson
                                     ________________________
                                     William J. Robertson




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