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04-14-00527-CV
FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
1/9/2015 11:23:08 AM
KEITH HOTTLE
CLERK
No. 04-14-00527-CV
Court of Appeals, Fourth District FILED IN
4th COURT OF APPEALS
San Antonio, Texas SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
01/9/2015 11:23:08 AM
KEITH E. HOTTLE
Anna Maria Salinas Saenz, et al. Clerk
Appellants
vs.
Thorp Petroleum Corp., et al.
Appellees
Appeal from the 229th Judicial District Court
Starr County, Texas
No. DC-04-120
FIRST UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
TO FILE BRIEF OF APPELLEES
J. Joseph Vale (jvale@atlashall.com)
State Bar No. 24084003
O.C. Hamilton, Jr. (och@atlashall.com)
State Bar No. 08847000
ATLAS, HALL & RODRIGUEZ, LLP
818 Pecan/P.O. Box 3725
McAllen, Texas 78501
(956) 682-5501 (phone)
(956) 686-6109 (facsimile)
Attorneys for Appellees Rosalinda Salinas Balderas; Fausto Salinas; Elda Salinas
Ponce; D-Fox, Ltd.; Elodia Salinas; Linda Mandes; Veronica Casas Campbell; and
Cynthia M. Villarreal, f/k/a Cindy Casas Reyna.
January 9, 2015
TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:
The Balderas defendants 1 file this First Unopposed Motion for Extension of
Time to File Brief of Appellees, which seeks an additional thirty (30) days for the
Balderas defendants to file their appellate brief. The current deadline is Friday,
January 16, 2015. Because a thirty-day extension would make the brief due on a
weekend, the Balderas defendants are requesting that the Court extend the Balderas
defendants’ time to file their Brief of Appellees until and including Monday,
February 16, 2015. The Balderas defendants would respectfully show the
following:
I. Background
After the Court granted the appellants two thirty-day extensions, the
appellants timely filed their Brief of Appellants on December 17, 2014. As a
result, the Brief of Appellees is currently due on Friday, January 16, 2015.
II. Reason for Extension
The Balderas defendants’ appellate counsel has several unavoidable
conflicts which have required significant work between the date of the filing of the
Brief of Appellant and the current due date for the Brief of Appellee. Some of
those conflicts include the following:
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Rosalinda Salinas Balderas; Fausto Salinas; Elda Salinas Ponce; D-Fox, Ltd.; Elodia Salinas; Linda Mandes;
Veronica Casas Campbell; and Cynthia M. Villarreal, f/k/a Cindy Casas Reyna.
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• Brief of Appellee due on January 5, 2015 in Garcia v. Garcia, No. 04-14-
00561-CV, Court of Appeals for the Fourth District, San Antonio, Texas.
Filed December 22, 2014.
• Prepare for oral argument on January 20, 2015 in Gonzalez v. Pena, No. 04-
14-00048-CV, Court of Appeals for the Fourth District, San Antonio, Texas.
• Brief of Appellant due on January 19, 2015 in In re Estate of Pursley, No.
13-14-00667-CV, Court of Appeals for the Thirteenth District, Corpus
Christi, Texas. An extension is also being requested in this appeal.
III. Request for Extension
Pursuant to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 10.5(b) and 38.6(d), the
Balderas defendants seek an extension of thirty (30) days in which to file their
brief. Since such an extension would result in the brief being due on a weekend,
the Balderas defendants request that the Court extend the briefing deadline to
February 16, 2015. An extension of time for filing the brief is sought so that
justice may be done in the disposition of this appeal, not for the purpose of delay.
IV. Certificate of Conference
Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 10.1(a)(5), counsel for the
Balderas defendants, J. Joseph Vale, conferred with David George, counsel for the
appellants. Mr. George stated that he does not oppose the requested extension of
time in which to file the Brief of Appellees.
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V. Conclusion and Request for Relief
The Balderas defendants pray that the Court grant this Motion for Extension
of Time and extend the time for the Balderas defendants to file their Brief of
Appellees until and including February 16, 2015.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ J. Joseph Vale
J. Joseph Vale
State Bar No. 24084003
jvale@atlashall.com
O.C. Hamilton, Jr.
State Bar No. 08847000
och@atlashall.com
ATLAS, HALL & RODRIGUEZ, LLP
818 Pecan/P.O. Box 3725
McAllen, Texas 78501
(956) 682-5501 (phone)
(956) 686-6109 (facsimile)
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Certificate of Service
I certify that the foregoing document was electronically filed with the Clerk
of the Court using the electronic case filing system of the Court. I also certify that
a true and correct copy of the foregoing was served on all counsel of record on
January 9, 2015, as follows:
Recipient: Attorney for: Served by:
David George Plaintiffs/appellants Electronically if
(dgeorge@connellybaker.com) Anna Maria Salinas available, or by
CONNELLY BAKER WOTRING LLP Saenz; Joel Saenz; facsimile
700 JPMorgan Chase Tower Hermelinda
600 Travis Street Benavides; Leoncio
Houston, Texas 77002 Salinas; Romulo
Fax: 713-980-1701 Benavides III;
Reynaldo Garcia;
and Simon Ramon, Jr.;
Gumecinda Ramon;
Roger S. Braugh, Jr. Jacinto A. Garcia,
(rbraugh@swbtrial.com) Sr.; Diana E. Conde;
SICO, WHITE, HOELSCHER, HARRIS & Minerva Castillo;
BRAUGH, LLP Josue Garcia; Blanca
900 Frost Bank Plaza Estella Garza;
802 N. Carancahua, Suite 900 Aroldo Garcia; Mary
Corpus Christi, Texas 78470 Elisa Garcia, Leticia
Fax: 361-653-3333 Garcia-de La Paz,
and Lizette A.
and Garcia, individually
and as heirs and
John T. Flood representatives of the
(john@floodandflood.com) Estate of Guillermo
FLOOD & FLOOD Garcia, Jr., deceased;
802 N. Carancahua, Suite 900 Aurora Garcia
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401 Martinez; Aida
Fax: 361-654-8879 Martinez; Francisco
Martinez; Luisa M.
Ruiz; Josue Eliab
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Garcia, Sr.; Thelma
Benavides Aguilar;
and Irma Benavides
Cerda
Juan J. Hinojosa Defendant/appellee Electronically if
(jjhinojosa@bizrgv.rr.com) Arturo Salinas available, or by
612 W. Nolana Loop, Ste. 410 facsimile
McAllen, Texas 78504
Fax: 956-686-8462
C. Frank Wood (fwood@swjz.com) Defendants/appellees Electronically if
SANCHEZ, WHITTINGTON, ZABARTE & Ruben Garcia; Joel available, or by
WOOD, LLC Garcia, Sr.; Estela facsimile
3505 Boca Chica Blvd., Ste. 100 Garcia Espinoza;
Brownsville, Texas 78521 Omero Garcia, Jr.;
Fax: 956-546-3765 Anabelle Garcia
Saldivar; Anelita
Garcia Falcon;
Ramiro S. Garcia;
Maria Ella Garcia;
Abel Garcia; Martin
Garcia; Eduardo
Garcia; Alfonso
Garcia, Jr.; Inez
Garcia Ramirez;
Irene Garcia
Rodriguez; Dora Elia
Salinas Kochich;
Alicia Minerva
Salinas Cantu;
Eustacio Flores;
Eloy Garcia, Jr.;
Graciela G.
Gonzalez; Manuel
Garcia; Rosa Anna
Garcia; Orfalina
Garcia; Oscar Daniel
Garcia; Hilda Irma
G. Romo; Rosa
Anna S. Solis;
Emma Salinas;
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Maria Guadalupe S.
Garza; Arturo
Salinas; Irene
Salinas Flores; Juan
Manuel Salinas, Jr.;
Victoria Salinas; and
Sergio Ramon
Salinas
Jose Luis Flores Defendants/appellees Electronically if
(joe@jlfloreslawfirm.com) Eleodora Salinas Del available, or by
LAW OFFICE OF JOSE LUIS FLORES Real; Dalia Salinas; facsimile
1111 W. Nolana and Jose Manuel
McAllen, Texas 78504 Flores
Fax: 956-682-3838
Daniel T. Robles (noemi@dan- Defendant/appellee Electronically if
robles.com) Oscar Garcia, Jr. available, or by
SOLIS & ROBLES, L.L.C. facsimile
Westoria Bldg., 1st Floor
420 S. “F” Street
Harlingen, TX 78550
Fax: 956-444-0217
Lee S. Gill (gill@jonesgill.com) Defendants/appellees Electronically if
JONES GILL, L.L.P. Thorp Petroleum available, or by
6363 Woodway, Suite 1100 Corporation; Stanco facsimile
Houston, Texas 77057 Land Management,
Fax: 713-651-0716 LLC; Meredith Land
& Minerals, Co.; El
Paso Production
Company; El Paso
E&P Company, LP;
el Paso Exploration
& Production
Management, Inc.;
and El Paso
Exploration &
Production
Mark Hanna (mhanna@scottdoug.com) Defendant/appellee Electronically if
SCOTT, DOUGLASS & MCCONNICO, Smith Production available, or by
LLP Inc. facsimile
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600 Congress Avenue, Suite 1500
Austin, Texas 78701
Fax: 512-474-0731
Ricardo L. Salinas Defendant/appellee Electronically if
(rsalinaslaw@yahoo.com) Ricardo Salinas available, or by
SALINAS/FLORES facsimile
2011 N. Conway
Mission, Texas 78572
Fax: 956-580-9688
Rene A. Flores Defendants/appellees Electronically if
(rene.flores@yahoo.com) Alida Salinas available, or by
THE LAW OFFICE OF RENE A. FLORES Hernandez, Arnaldo certified mail
2724 W. Canton Road Salinas, Alma
Edinburg, Texas 78539 Salinas Munoz,
Adelaida Salinas,
Aida Salinas Flores,
Guadalupe Salinas,
Maria Ester Salinas
Cantu, and Maria del
Carmen Zamora
Rolando Cantu Defendant/appellee Facsimile
ROLANDO CANTU & ASSOCIATES, Alicia Salinas
P.L.L.C.
9805 N. 10th Street
McAllen, Texas 78504
Fax: 956-687-6125
/s/ J. Joseph Vale
J. Joseph Vale
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