Rent-A-Center, Inc. v. Glenn Hegar, in His Capacity as Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas And Ken Paxton, in His Capacity as Attorney General of the State of Texas

ACCEPTED 03-13-00101-CV 5845860 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 6/26/2015 3:15:29 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK No. 03-13-00101-CV In the Third Court of Appeals FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS Austin, Texas 6/26/2015 3:15:29 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk RENT-A-CENTER, INC., Appellant, v. GLENN HEGAR, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS; AND KEN PAXTON, ATTORNEY GENERAL, Appellees. On Appeal from the 353rd Judicial District, Travis County, Texas No. D-1-GN-11-000326 UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING TO THE HONORABLE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS: Appellees Glenn Hegar, Comptroller of Public Accounts, and Ken Paxton, Attorney General, move to extend by 14 days the time to file their Appellees’ motion for rehearing pursuant to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 49.8 and 10.5(b). I. Appellants’ motion is currently due on June 26, 2015. Appellants seek a 14-day extension to file this motion, which would make the motion due on July 10, 2015. 1 No previous extensions have been granted with respect to the motion in question. Appellant Rent-A-Center, Inc., is unopposed to the extension of time requested. II. There are good reasons to grant the requested extension, which is not sought for any improper purpose. Appellees’ counsel requests additional time to consult with the client and complete drafting of the motion. In addition, Appellees’ counsel has a significant workload in a number of cases, including preparing for and presenting oral argument in Henderson v. Stephens, No. 14-70001, in the Fifth Circuit on June 18, 2015; reviewing the record in preparation for drafting the appellee’s brief in Roberson v. Stephens, No. 14-70033, in the Fifth Circuit; and assisting with various other matters in the Office of the Solicitor General. III. Appellees respectfully request that the Court grant an extension of time for filing their motion for rehearing until July 10, 2015. 2 Respectfully submitted. KEN PAXTON Attorney General of Texas CHARLES E. ROY First Assistant Attorney General SCOTT A. KELLER Solicitor General /s/ Matthew H. Frederick MATTHEW H. FREDERICK Deputy Solicitor General Texas Bar No. 24040931 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL P.O. Box 12548 (MC-059) Austin, Texas 78711-2548 [Tel.] (512) 936-6407 [Fax] (512) 474-2697 matthew.frederick@texasattorneygeneral.gov COUNSEL FOR APPELLEES 3 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE I hereby certify that on June 25, 2015, I conferred via email with Farley P. Katz, counsel for Appellant, who stated that he did not oppose the extension of time requested in this motion. /s/ Matthew H. Frederick MATTHEW H. FREDERICK CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on June 26, 2015, a true and correct copy of this Motion was served via File & ServeXpress on counsel in this proceeding as listed below: Farley P. Katz Forrest M. Seger III STRASBURGER PRICE OPPENHEIMER BLEND 300 Convent Street, Suite 900 San Antonio, Texas 78204 Daniel L. Butcher P. Michael Jung STRASBURGER PRICE 901 Main Street, Suite 4300 Dallas, Texas 75202 Robert M. O’Boyle Clinton A. Rosenthal STRASBURGER & PRICE, LLP 720 Brazos Street, Suite 700 Austin, Texas 78701 COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT /s/ Matthew H. Frederick MATTHEW H. FREDERICK 4