Joan Johnson, Kaleta Johnson, Seth Johnson and Wirt Blaffer v. Michael Phillips, Spindle Top Publishing, and Phillips Akers Womac, P.C.

ACCEPTED
01-15-00173-CV
FIRST COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
7/13/2015 11:10:40 AM
CHRISTOPHER PRINE
CLERK

No. 01-15-00173-CV

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FILED IN
1st COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON, TEXAS
HOUSTON, TEXAS 7/13/2015 11:10:40 AM
________________________________________________________
CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
Clerk

JOAN JOHNSON, KALETA JOHNSON, SETH JOHNSON,
AND WIRT BLAFFER,
Appellants
v.

MICHAEL PHILLIPS, SPINDLE TOP PUBLISHING,
AND PHILLIPS AKERS WOMAC, P.C.,
Appellees
________________________________________________________

On Appeal from the 333rd Judicial District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 2011-14027
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UNOPPOSED MOTION TO RESET BRIEFING DEADLINES
BASED ON COURT’S ORDER OF JUNE 3, 2015 OR,
ALTERNATIVELY, EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE
APPELLANTS’ BRIEF
________________________________________________________

Patrick Zummo Marc S. Tabolsky
State Bar No. 22293450 State Bar No. 24037576
pzummo@zoomlaw.com mtabolsky@yettercoleman.com
LAW OFFICES OF YETTER COLEMAN LLP
PATRICK ZUMMO Two Houston Center
Two Houston Center 909 Fannin, Suite 3600
909 Fannin, Suite 3500 (713) 632-8000
Houston, Texas 77010 (713) 632-8002 [facsimile]
(713) 651-0590
(713) 651-0597 [facsimile]

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS
TO THE HONORABLE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS:

Appellants Joan Johnson, Kaleta Johnson, Seth Johnson, and Wirt Blaffer,

file this second motion to reset briefing deadlines requesting that the Court reset

the briefing deadlines from the date the complete clerk’s record was filed with this

Court in the above-captioned matter. Tex. R. App. P. 34.5(d). This motion is

unopposed.

Appellants previously filed a motion to postpone the briefing deadlines
because the clerk’s record omitted several key documents that had been timely

requested to be included in the clerk’s record. On June 3, 2015, this Court ordered

the district court to prepare and file a supplemental record within 30 days of the
date of the order to including the previously omitted items and further specified

that appellants’ briefing deadline would not begin to run until the items requested

had been filed and included in the clerk’s record.

On June 17, 2015, the district court submitted one electronic volume of

supplemental clerk’s record material that included part of what had been requested

to be included. But this volume did not include all of the requested materials and

thus the briefing deadline should not have begun. But based on the filing of the

partial supplemental record, his Court’s docket generated an appellant brief

deadline of July 17, 2015.

After the partial supplemental record was filed on June 17, counsel advised

the clerk’s office that it had still failed to provide a complete clerk’s record. On

July 1, 2015, the district court a second supplemental clerk’s record that did

include the remaining materials that were to have been included in the clerk’s
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record.

Based on the Court’s prior order, appellants’ request that the Court order that

the time for appellants’ brief to be filed be calculated from July 1, 2015 when the

supplemental record was filed, as provided in the Court’s prior order of June 3,

2015. This will result in appellants’ brief being due on July 31, 2015, which is 30

days after the supplemental record was complete. issue a briefing deadline based

on the July 1, 2015 date of the filing of the second supplemental clerk’s record, as

outlined in its June 4, 2015 order.
Alternatively to resetting the briefing deadlines, appellants request a 14-day

extension of time for filing their appellants’ brief. Appellants’ opening brief is

currently due July 17, 2015. If the requested extension is granted, appellants’ brief

will be due on July 31, 2015.

For these reasons, Appellants respectfully request that the Court reset the

deadline for Appellants opening brief to July 31, 2015, based on the Court’s prior
June 3 order and the filing of the supplemental record on July 1, 2015. In the

alternative, Appellants request a 14-day extension of time to file their brief on July

31, 2015.

Respectfully submitted:

YETTER COLEMAN LLP
Two Houston Center
909 Fannin, Suite 3600
(713) 632-8000
(713) 632-8002 Facsimile

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By /s/ Marc S. Tabolsky
Marc S. Tabolsky
State Bar No. 24037576
mtabolsky@yettercoleman.com

LAW OFFICES OF PATRICK ZUMMO
Two Houston Center
909 Fannin, Suite 3500
Houston, Texas 77010
(713) 651-0590
(713) 651-0597 Facsimile

Patrick Zummo
State Bar No. 22293450

Attorneys for Appellants
Joan Johnson, Kaleta Johnson,
Seth Johnson, and Wirt Blaffer

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 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

As required by Tex. R. App. P. 10.1(a)(5), I certify that on July 13, 2015, I
conferred with William W. Ogden, counsel for appellees Michael Phillips, Spindle
Top Publishing, and Phillips Akers Womac, P.C. Counsel advised us that appellees
do not oppose this motion.

/s/ Marc S. Tabolsky
Marc S. Tabolsky

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 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that the foregoing document was filed electronically 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 the following counsel of

record for appellee via e-service on July 13, 2015.

William W. Ogden
Ogden, Gibson, Broocks, Longoria & Hall, L.L.P.
1900 Pennzoil South Tower
711 Louisiana
Houston, Texas 77002

/s/ Marc S. Tabolsky
Marc S. Tabolsky

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