Jeffs claims his religious freedoms were violated by the courts.

A jury in August convicted the 55-year-old leader of the Utah-based Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Jeffs represented himself at trial and received a life sentence plus 20-years in prison.

He’s currently in a hospital after becoming sick from fasting.

The motion contends that a constitutional violation of rights is grounds for a new trial.

The Texas Attorney General’s Office did not have an immediate comment on Wednesday.