Eue J. Jeong v. Texas Greenovation, LLC

ACCEPTED 03-14-00820-CV 5443912 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 5/28/2015 1:08:39 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK No. 03-14-00820-CV __________________________________________________________________ FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS IN THE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS AUSTIN, TEXAS 5/28/2015 1:08:39 AM __________________________________________________________________ JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk EUE J. JEONG, Appellant, v. TEXAS GREENOVATION, LLC, Appellee. __________________________________________________________________ ON APPEAL FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW, TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS TRIAL COURT CAUSE NO. C-1-CV-14-008244 __________________________________________________________________ APPELLEE’S RESPONSE TO MOTION TO EXTEND TIME FOR FILING APPELLANT’S BRIEF __________________________________________________________________ Dr. J. Hyde Texas Bar No. 24027083 THE J. HYDE LAW OFFICE, PLLC 111 E. 17th Street #12015 Austin, TX 78711 Telephone: (512) 200-4080 Fax: (512) 582-8295 E-mail: jhyde@jhydelaw.com Counsel for Appellee No. 03-14-00820-CV __________________________________________________________________ IN THE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS __________________________________________________________________ EUE J. JEONG, Appellant, v. TEXAS GREENOVATION, LLC, Appellee. __________________________________________________________________ ON APPEAL FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW, TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS TRIAL COURT CAUSE NO. C-1-CV-14-008244 __________________________________________________________________ APPELLEE’S RESPONSE TO MOTION TO EXTEND TIME FOR FILING APPELLANT’S BRIEF __________________________________________________________________ TO THE HONORABLE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS: Appellee Texas Greenovation, LLC, by and through undersigned counsel, respectfully responds in opposition to Appellant Eue J. Jeong’s Motion to Extend Time to File Appellant’s Brief, and in support thereof states as follows: 1. This straightforward case involves the appeal of a final judgment in a forcible detainer action granting Texas Greenovation immediate possession of real 2 property following Texas Greenovation’s purchase of the property at a foreclosure sale.1 2. After Appellant Jeong failed to make arrangements for a reporter’s record to be prepared and filed despite a notice from the Court, the Court set a deadline of 30 April 2015 for Jeong to file his brief. Ignoring that deadline, Jeong waited until the Court sent him a notice of late brief to file the underlying motion for extension on 20 May 2015. 3. Without explaining the delay to date, Jeong now seeks an additional 110 days to file his brief, vaguely asserting that he will be traveling due to family matters. He notably gives no further details. 4. Jeong also contends that the issues in the appeal are “complex” and references another pending case involving JPMorgan Chase Bank. To the contrary, the issues are simple and well settled. Jeong, the former owner of foreclosed property, has brought suit challenging the foreclosure and is attempting to use the issues raised in that suit to challenge the underlying eviction. (See CR 68-77). But the foreclosure challenges in the title suit are irrelevant to and have no effect on Texas Greenovation’s right to possession of the property, which is the only issue in 1 There are two separate appeals from the same underlying judgment docketed in this Court: the underlying appeal, docketed as Cause No. 03-14-00820-CV, and another appeal docketed as Cause No. 03-14-00715-CV. The clerk’s records in the two appeals are also identical. It appears that the reason for the two appeals in this Court is that Jeong filed two notices of appeal of the same judgment in the trial court, although only one of those notices is in the clerk’s record. (CR 132). 3 this forcible detainer action. E.g., Wilder v. Citicorp Trust Bank, F.S.B., No. 03- 13-00324-CV, 2014 WL 1207979 (Tex. App.—Austin Mar. 18, 2014, pet. dism’d w.o.j.) (mem. op.) (noting that this Court “has consistently held that defects in the foreclosure process cannot be used either to negate a landlord-tenant relationship provision in a deed of trust or to raise a question of title depriving the justice or county courts of jurisdiction to resolve the question of immediate possession”). 5. Finally, Jeong’s assertion in his motion for extension that undersigned counsel does not oppose the motion is false. Jeong texted the undersigned regarding the relief requested in the motion, and the undersigned texted Jeong that he opposed the motion. 6. Jeong’s request for any extension of time, but particularly the lengthy 110-day extension he seeks, is unsupported. To date, Jeong has shown no interest in complying with deadlines and should not be rewarded with additional time. Jeong’s request is also futile because his appeal is frivolous under well-settled law in this area. Finally, Jeong misrepresented the unopposed nature of the motion. WHEREFORE, Texas Greenovation respectfully requests that the Court DENY Appellant’s Motion to Extend Time for Filing Appellant’s Brief. 4 Respectfully Submitted, /s/ J. Hyde ______________________________ Dr. J. Hyde State Bar No. 24027083 THE J. HYDE LAW OFFICE, PLLC 111 E. 17th Street #12015 Austin, Texas 78711 Phone: (512) 200-4080 Fax: (512) 582-8295 E-mail: jhyde@jhydelaw.com Attorney for Appellee CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that, pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.5, a copy of Appellee’s Response to Motion to Extend Time for Filing Appellant’s Brief was served on this 28th day of May, 2015, via email, upon the following: Eue J. Jeong 2900 Sunridge Dr. #713 Austin, TX 78741 Email: Ejeong1@gmail.com /s/ J. Hyde ______________________________ Dr. J. Hyde 5 EXHIBIT 1 Text Messages Between Eue Jeong and J. Hyde !