In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-15-00032-CV
IN RE CARLTON SEWELL
Original Mandamus Proceeding
Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ.
ORDER
On June 25, 2015, Carlton Sewell filed a petition seeking a writ of mandamus. By letter
of that same date, this Court requested that the real parties in interest file a response to that petition
on or before July 6, 2015. The real parties in interest have now filed a motion through their
attorney, Chad Cable, seeking an eighteen-day extension of the July 6 deadline for filing their
response.
In his motion, counsel does not provide the Court with a reasonable explanation of the need
for an extension of time. This Court interprets Rule 10.5(b)(1) of the Texas Rules of Appellate
Procedure as requiring counsel to provide specific information to justify a requested extension,
including the facts relied on to reasonably explain the need for an extension. Broad, general
statements do not provide the required facts and are not adequate to meet the requirements of the
rule. See TEX. R. APP. P. 10.5(b)(1).
All future motions to extend time must contain case-specific information adequate to
justify the request, or they will be denied. In this instance, we grant the real parties’ motion for an
extension of time; however, we only grant a ten-day extension, rather than the eighteen-day
extension sought in the motion. Thus, the real parties’ response is now due to be filed with this
Court on or before July 16, 2015. Absent extraordinary circumstances, further requests for
extensions of time will not be granted.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
BY THE COURT
Date: July 7, 2015
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