Bob Deuell v. Texas Right to Life Committee, Inc.

ACCEPTED 01-15-00617-CV FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 8/26/2015 1:54:58 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK No. 01-15-00617-CV __________________________________________ FILED IN 1st COURT OF APPEALS IN THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS AT HOUSTON, TEXAS 8/26/2015 1:54:58 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE _______________________________________ Clerk BOB DEUELL, Appellant, v. TEXAS RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE, INC., Appellee. _____________________________________________________ On Interlocutory Appeal from the 152nd District Court, Harris County, Texas. __________________________________________________________ UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLEE’S BRIEF _______________________________________________________________ TO THE HONORABLE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS: Appellee, Texas Right to Life Committee, Inc., files this Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Appellee’s Brief, and would show the Court as follows: 1. The current due date for Appellee to file its Brief is Monday, September 14, 2015. Appellee requests an extension of 20 days to file its Brief, to and including Monday, October 5, 2015. 2. This is the first request by Appellee for additional time to file its Brief. This Motion is timely pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 38.6(d). 3. The requested extension of 20 days is necessary because the undersigned counsel is substantially involved in the following other matters: No. 01-15-00583-CV; The Honorable Mark Henry, County Judge of Galveston County v. The Honorable Lonnie Cox, In the First Court of Appeals (preparation of an appellant’s brief due September 4); No. 14-0987; Michael Quinn Sullivan v. Salem Abraham; In the Supreme Court of Texas (preparation of a reply brief on the merits due September 4). 4. The requested extension of time is not made for delay, but only so that justice may be done. 5. These facts are within the personal knowledge of the undersigned counsel. Therefore, a verification is not necessary. TEX. R. APP. P. 10.2. 6. For all of these reasons, Appellee respectfully asks the Court to grant this unopposed Motion for additional time of 20 days to file its Appellee’s Brief, to and including Monday, October 5, 2015. 2 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE In accordance with TEX. R. APP. P. 10.1(a)(5), the undersigned counsel for Appellant communicated with Mr. Scott Tschirhart, counsel for Appellant, who indicated Appellant is unopposed to this Motion being granted. /s/ N. Terry Adams, Jr. N. Terry Adams, Jr. WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED Appellee, Texas Right to Life Committee, Inc., respectfully requests the Court to grant this Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File its Appellee’s Brief for 20 days, to and including Monday, October 5, 2015. Appellee additionally prays for such other and further relief to which it may be justly entitled. Respectfully submitted, BEIRNE, MAYNARD & PARSONS, L.L.P. By: /s/ N. Terry Adams, Jr. N. Terry Adams, Jr. Texas Bar No. 00874010 tadams@bmpllp.com Joseph M. Nixon Texas Bar No. 15244800 jnixon@bmpllp.com 1300 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 2500 Houston, Texas 77056 (713) 623-0887 (Tel.) (713) 960-1527 (Fax) James E. “Trey” Trainor Texas Bar No. 24042052 ttrainor@bmpllp.com 401 W. 15th Street, Suite 845 Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 623-6700 (Tel.) (512) 623-6701 (Fax) Counsel for Appellee CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have complied with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure and the Local Rules of this Court and that the foregoing Motion has been electronically filed and served on all counsel of record below in accordance with these Rules on this the 26th day of August, 2015. George E. Hyde Scott M. Tschirhart DENTON NAVARRO ROCHA BERNAL HYDE & ZECH, P.C. 2500 W. William Cannon Drive, Suite 609 Austin, Texas 78745 george.hyde@rampage-aus.com scott.tschirhart@rampage-aus.com Counsel for Appellant /s/ N. Terry Adams, Jr. N. Terry Adams, Jr. 2