ACCEPTED
05-14-01341-CV
FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS
DALLAS, TEXAS
1/9/2015 3:24:56 PM
LISA MATZ
CLERK
CAUSE NO. 05-14-01341-CV
FILED IN
DONNA PULKRABEK, § IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
5th COURT OF APPEALS
Appellant § DALLAS, TEXAS
§ 1/9/2015 3:24:56 PM
vs. § FIFTH DISTRICT OF
LISATEXAS
MATZ
§ Clerk
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS §
SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL § DALLAS, TEXAS
CENTER §
Appellees §
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APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF
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Appellant, pursuant to Tex.R.App.P. 10 and 10.5(b), files this Motion to Extend
Time to File Appellant’s Brief and, in support thereof, would show as follows:
I.
ARGUMENT
Appellant currently has a deadline of January 17, 2015, with which to file this
brief. Appellant seeks to extend this deadline sixty days to March 18, 2015. No
previous extensions have been requested as January 17, 2015, is the first briefing
deadline given to the Appellant.
The office of Wes Dauphinot, had a jury trial in the 116th District Court, Dallas
County, Texas, from December 1-11, 2014. Additionally, Wes Dauphinot was set on a
four week docket in the United States District Court, Northern District, Dallas, Texas
beginning January 12, 2015. Finally, Plaintiff’s counsel has had to engage in extensive
pretrial preparations for a case set in the 48th District Court, Tarrant County, Texas,
Appellant Donna Pulkrabek’s Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief Page 1
styled Cora Hunter vs. McDonald Transit, Inc. on January 26, 2015. This case should
last two weeks.
Based on all of the above, Plaintiff’s counsel will have an extremely challenging
time to prepare the appellate brief that the Appellant deserves to have filed on her
behalf. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s counsel is asking for the aforementioned extension of
time.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant prays that this Court grant
this Motion.
Respectfully submitted,
__/s/ Wes Dauphinot____
Wes Dauphinot
Texas Bar No. 00793584
wes@dauphinotlawfirm.com
Dauphinot Law Firm
900 W. Abram
Arlington, Texas 76013
(817) 462-0676
(817) 704-4788 facsmile
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
Appellant Donna Pulkrabek’s Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief Page 2
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned certifies that the following counsel of record were furnished a
copy of this Motion for Extension of Time via facsimile and electronic filing on January 9,
2015:
Yvonne D. Bennett
Assistant Attorney General
PO Box 12548
Austin, Texas 78711-2548
Fax. (512) 320-0667
Attorney for Appellees
/s/ Wes Dauphinot
WES DAUPHINOT
CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
The undersigned certifies that he conferenced the following counsel of record
regarding the foregoing Motion for Extension of Time on January 9, 2015, Appellee’s
Counsel, Yvonne Bennett, below stated that she was not opposed to a 60 day extension
of the briefing deadline:
Yvonne D. Bennett
Assistant Attorney General
PO Box 12548
Austin, Texas 78711-2548
Fax. (512) 320-0667
Attorney for Appellees
______/s/ Wes Dauphinot________
WES DAUPHINOT
Appellant Donna Pulkrabek’s Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief Page 3