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04-14-00905-CV
FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
6/10/2015 1:56:18 PM
KEITH HOTTLE
CLERK
NO. 04-14-00905-CV
*** FILED IN
4th COURT OF APPEALS
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
06/10/2015 1:56:18 PM
FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT
KEITH E. HOTTLE
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS Clerk
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ESCONDIDO RESOURCES II, LLC,
Appellant
V.
JUSTAPOR RANCH COMPANY, L.C.,
Appellee
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UNOPPOSED FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
TO FILE BRIEF OF APPELLEE
TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE COURT:
Appellee, Justapor Ranch Company, L.C. (“Justapor”), respectfully presents this
Motion to extend the deadline for filing its brief in response to the brief of Appellant,
Escondido Resources II, LLC, and requests that the deadline for filing the Appellee’s
brief be extended by 30 days from June 15, 2015 to July 15, 2015.
I.
This Motion is unopposed. As counsel for Justapor, I have contacted counsel for
Appellant and been advised that Appellant does not oppose this requested extension.
II.
This is the Justapor’s first motion to extend the deadline for filing its brief.
III.
I am a solo practitioner, lead appellate counsel for Justapor and primarily
responsible for preparation of its brief. I have devoted a significant amount of time and
effort to studying Appellant’s 82-page brief, researching and otherwise preparing
Appellee’s brief. I am also the sole author of the book, Summary Judgments in Texas:
Practice, Procedure & Review (3d ed. 2013), published by LexisNexis Matthew Bender.
I have spent much of the last six weeks working on the 2015 supplement and will
continue to have to do so through mid-July, 2015. I do not use law clerks or other
attorneys when working on Summary Judgments in Texas. I have been performing a
meticulous, page-by-page and footnote-by-footnote, review of the entire book resulting in
a supplement that will be quite extensive. Consequently, I will be precluded from
devoting the time necessary to research, draft and finalize the Appellee’s brief by the
current deadline.
PRAYER
Accordingly, Justapor Ranch Company, L.L.C. respectfully requests the Court to
grant this Motion, extend the deadline for filing the brief of Appellee by 30 days to July
15, 2015, and award such other and further relief to which it is justly entitled.
Respectfully submitted,
MCGINNIS LOCHRIDGE & KILGORE, L.L.P.
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Patton G. Lochridge
State Bar No. 12458500
plochridge@mcginnislaw.com
Carlos R. Soltero
State Bar No. 00791702
csoltero@mcginnislaw.com
J. Derrick Price
State Bar No. 24041726
dprice@mcginnislaw.com
600 Congress Avenue, Suite 2100
Austin, Texas 78701
Telephone No.: (512) 495-6044
Facsimile No.: (512) 505-6344
Jose M. “Joe” Rubio, Jr.
State Bar No. 17362100
joerubio@joerubiolawfirm.com
JOE RUBIO LAW FIRM
1000 Washington Street, Suite 4
Laredo, Texas 78040
Telephone No.: (956) 712-2223
Timothy Patton
State Bar No. 15633800
tpatton@tp-pc.com
TIMOTHY PATTON, P.C.
14546 Brook Hollow Blvd. #279
San Antonio, Texas 78232
Telephone No.: (210) 832-0070
Facsimile No.: (210) 579-1665
By: /s/ Timothy Patton
Timothy Patton
ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the 10th day of June, 2015, a true and correct copy of the
foregoing Unopposed First Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief of Appellee has
been sent via e-mail to:
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Mr. James P. Keenan
keenan@buckkeenan.com
Mr. J. Robin Lindley
lindley@buckkeenan.com
Buck Keenan, LLP
700 Louisiana, Suite 5100
Houston, Texas 77002
Mr. Robert Dubose
rdubose@adjtlaw.com
Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP
1844 Harvard Street
Houston, Texas 77008
Mr. Wallace B. Jefferson
wjefferson@adjtlaw.com
Ms. Rachel A. Ekery
rekery@adjtlaw.com
Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP
515 Congress Avenue, Suite 2350
Austin, Texas 78701
Ms. Kirsten Castañeda
kcastaneda@adjtlaw.com
Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP
4925 Greenville Avenue, Suite 510
Dallas, Texas 75206
/s/ Timothy Patton
Timothy Patton
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