ACCEPTED
06-14-00064-CV
SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS
TEXARKANA, TEXAS
1/8/2015 2:56:58 PM
DEBBIE AUTREY
CLERK
No. 06-14-00064-CV
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FILED IN
6th COURT OF APPEALS
COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TEXARKANA, TEXAS
SIXTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS 1/8/2015 2:56:58 PM
TEXARKANA, TEXAS DEBBIE AUTREY
_______________________________________________Clerk
Joyce Steel Erection, Ltd.
Appellant,
v.
Gordon Ray Bonner,
Appellee.
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Appeal from the 202nd Judicial District Court of Bowie County, Texas
Case No. 11C0822-202 - Honorable Leon F. Pesek, Jr., Presiding Judge
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APPELLANT JOYCE STEEL’S UNOPPOSED FIRST MOTION FOR
30-DAY EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE ITS OPENING BRIEF
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J. Jeffery Richardson O. Rey Rodriguez
State Bar No. 16864450 State Bar No. 00791557
jeff.richardson@nortonrosefulbright.com rrodriguez@hankinsonlaw.com
FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P. HANKINSON LLP
2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2800 750 N. St. Paul St., Suite 1800
Dallas, Texas 75201-2784 Dallas, Texas 75201
214-855-8121 -- Telephone 214-754-9190 -- Telephone
214-855-8200 -- Telecopier 214-754-9140 -- Telecopier
Attorneys for Appellant Joyce Steel
Erection, Ltd.
IDENTITY OF PARTIES AND COUNSEL
Pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 38.1(a), the following is a complete list of all
parties to the trial court’s judgment and the names and addresses of all trial and
appellate counsel:
1. Appellant (Defendant in the trial court):
Joyce Steel Erection, Ltd.
2. Appellee (Plaintiff in the trial court):
Gordon Ray Bonner
3. Counsel for Appellant:
J. Jeffery Richardson O. Rey Rodriguez
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP Hankinson LLP
2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2800 750 North St. Paul St., Suite 1800
Dallas, Texas 75201-2784 Dallas, Texas 75201
(Appellate Counsel) (Appellate Counsel)
Paul A. Bezney
J. Kevin Kindred
Adkerson, Hauder & Bezney, P.C.
1700 Pacific Avenue, Suite 4450
Dallas, Texas 75201-3005
(Trial Counsel)
4. Counsel for Appellee:
Robert L. Clements, Esq. John R. Mercy, Esq.
Kelly R. Clements, Esq. Mercy Carter Tidwell, L.L.P.
Clements & Clements 1724 Galleria Oaks Drive
731 N. St. Paulus Ave. Texarkana, Texas 75503
Dallas, Texas 75214
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TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THIS COURT:
Appellant Joyce Steel Construction, Ltd. respectfully files this Unopposed
First Motion for 30-Day Extension of Time to file Its Opening Brief and shows the
following:
I. Requested Extension is Unopposed - Certificate of Conference
Appellant Joyce Steel’s counsel conferred with counsel for Appellee Mr.
Bonner who advised by e-mail that he does not oppose this motion.
II. Length of Extension
The Appellant’s brief is due February 4, 2015. Appellant Joyce Steel
requests a 30-day extension to and including Friday, March 6, 2015.
III. Grounds for Extension
This is an appeal from a multi-million-dollar personal injury judgment after
verdict arising from a construction accident at the Red River Army Depot. The
jury trial spanned multiple weeks and the record on appeal is voluminous.
Appellant Joyce Steel’s opening brief is currently due February 4, 2015.
As good cause for this first unopposed request for 30-day extension,
Appellant Joyce Steel’s appellate counsel currently has other conflicting client
matters, travel plans, and schedule conflicts, that make it difficult to prepare the
opening brief by February 4, 2015. Accordingly, additional time is needed to
prepare a brief that will best assist the Court in determining this case. This request
is not sought for purposes of delay only, but so that justice may be done.
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IV. Prayer
Appellant Joyce Steel respectfully prays that this Court grant the unopposed
extension of time to file Appellant’s opening brief until and including Friday,
March 6, 2015, and for such other and further relief to which it may be entitled
whether at law or in equity.
Dated: January 8, 2015.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ O. Rey Rodriguez
J. Jeffery Richardson O. Rey Rodriguez
State Bar No. 16864450 State Bar No. 00791557
jeff.richardson@nortonrosefulbright.com rrodriguez@hankinsonlaw.com
FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P. Hankinson LLP
2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2800 750 N. St. Paul St., Suite 1800
Dallas, Texas 75201-2784 Dallas, Texas 75201
214-855-8121 -- Telephone 214-754-9190 -- Telephone
214-855-8200 – Telecopier 214-754-9140 -- Telecopier
Attorneys for Appellant Joyce Steel
Erection, Ltd.
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CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 9.4(i)(3), the undersigned certifies this Unopposed
First Motion for 30-Day Extension of Time to File Appellant’s Opening Brief
complies with the type-volume limitations of Tex. R. App. P. 9.4(i)(2)(D).
Exclusive of the exempted portions in Tex. R. App. P. 9.4(i)(1), this Unopposed
Motion for Extension of Time has 263 words. This Motion has been prepared in
proportional spaced typeface using:
• Software Name and Version: Microsoft Word, part of Microsoft Office
Professional Plus 2010.
• Typeface Name and Font Size: Times New Roman 14 point.
/s/ O. Rey Rodriguez
O. Rey Rodriguez
CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
The undersigned certifies that he conferred with Mr. John Mercy, Esq.,
counsel for Appellee Gordon Ray Bonner, by email and that on January 8, 2015,
Mr. Mercy’s response e-mail arrived advising he is not opposed to the 30-day
extension requested in the foregoing motion.
/s/ O. Rey Rodriguez
O. Rey Rodriguez
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing motion was served in
accordance with TEX. R. APP. P. 9.5 upon the following counsel of record for
Appellees on this 8th day of January, 2015:
Robert L. Clements, Esq.
Kelly R. Clements, Esq.
Clements & Clements
731 N St. Paulus Ave.
Dallas, Texas 75214
John R. Mercy, Esq.
Mercy Carter Tidwell, L.L.P.
1724 Galleria Oaks Drive
Texarkana, Texas 75503
/s/ O. Rey Rodriguez
O. Rey Rodriguez
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