Residential Credit Solutions, Inc. v. Martha Burg

ACCEPTED 01-15-00067-CV FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 4/15/2015 2:42:27 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK No. 01-15-00067-CV IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FILED IN FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS HOUSTON, TEXAS 4/15/2015 2:42:27 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk RESIDENTIAL CREDIT SOLUTIONS, INC., Appellant, v. MARTHA BURG, Appellee. Appealed from the 281 st Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2013-47157 APPELLANT'S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF Nathan J. Milliron State Bar No. 24030984 HUGHES WATTERS ASKANASE, L.L.P. Three Allen Center 33 3 Clay, 29th Floor Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 759-0818 (Telephone) (713) 759-6834 (Facsimile) nmilliron@hwa.com (Email) ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT 2913691: 1-FARDCL-0005 Appellant, Residential Credit Solutions, Inc., asks the court to extend the time to file its brief. A. Introduction and Background Facts 1. Appellant is Residential Credit Solutions, Inc. Appellee is Martha Burg. 2. The undersigned is attorney-of-record for Appellant Residential Credit Solutions, Inc. 3. The deadline to file Appellant's Brief is April17, 2015. 4. Appellant requests a 14-day extension of time to file its Brief. B. Argument & Authorities 5. Rule 10.5(b) authorizes Appellant to request an extension of time to file its Brief. 6. The deadline for filing Appellant's Brief is currently April 17, 2015. 7. This is the fist request for an extension of time to file Appellant's Brief. 8. Counsel for Appellant has been assigned and called to trial three times in the last month and additional time is needed to finalize Appellant's Brief. Appellant has been in trial in the following cases: (a) Cause No. 13-CV-1509 styled Joel Just v. David J. Brown, in the 405th Judicial District Court of Galveston County, Texas [bench trial on March 25, 2015]; (b)Cause No. 11-DCV-194122 styled AJBJK. L.L.P. v. Saefaldin Rahmati and Abdul Saeed Assadi Rahmati, in the 240th Judicial 2913691: 1-FARDCL-0005 District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas [bench trial on April 1, 2015]; and (c)Cause No. 65341 styled FV-1. Inc. in Trust for Morgan Stanley Capital Holdings LLC v. Sandra Jeter and Thomas Jeter, in the 149th Judicial District Court of Brazoria County, Texas Oury trial starting on April 6, 20 15). 9. In addition, counsel for Appellant was scheduled for jury trial on March 23, 2015 in Cause No. 2011-60277-393 styled Kenneth Fong and Pamela Fong v. Nationstar Mortgage. LLC and Federal National Mortgage Association, in the 393rd Judicial District Court of Denton County, Texas and was not released until the late afternoon of March 20, 2015. 10. The length of the extension sought is 14-days from the April 17, 2015 due date. 11. The Court has authority to extend the time to file the Appellant's Brief under TEx. R. APP. P. 38.6(d). 12. Appellant requests a 14-day extension of time to file its Brief. C. Conclusion 13. The undersigned, as attorney for Residential Credit Solutions, Inc., requests an extension of 14 days to file Appellant's Brief. 2913691:1-FARDCL-0005 D. Prayer 14. Residential Credit Solutions, Inc. asks the Court to grant this motion and extend the time for filing its Appellant's Brief for 14 days. Respectfully submitted, HUGHES WATTERS ASKANASE, LLP By: =lliron ,- - - ._ State Bar No. 24030984 Three Allen Center 333 Clay, 29th Floor Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 759-0818 (Telephone) (713) 759-6834 (Facsimile) nmilliron@hwa.com (E-mail) ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE I, the undersigned attorney, hereby certify that Mr. O'Connor, counsel for Martha Burg, is opposed to this extension of time to file Appellant's Brief. N~~ 291369 1: 1-FARDCL-0005 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Appellant's Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief was served upon all parties and/or their attorneys of record, in accordance with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, on this the 15th day of April2015, addressed as follows: Via Electronic Mail at moconnor@oconnorcraig.com Mr. Michael C. O'Connor O'Connor, Craig, Gould, Evans & Rohr 2500 Tanglewilde, Suite 222 Houston, Texas 77063 2913691: 1-FARDCL-0005