Youth Empowerment Services, Inc. D/B/A Higgs Carter King Gifted and Talented Charter Academy v. Texas Education Agency, and Michael Williams, in His Official Capacity as the Commissioner of Education
ACCEPTED
03-15-00441-CV
6385201
THIRD COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
8/6/2015 12:39:11 PM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
CLERK
Case No. 03-15-00441-CV
__________________________________________________________________
FILED IN
3rd COURT OF APPEALS
COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS
FOR THE THIRD DISTRICT 8/6/2015 12:39:11 PM
_____________________________________ JEFFREY D. KYLE
Clerk
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SERVICES, INC. D/B/A HIGGS CARTER KING GIFTED
AND TALENTED CHARTER ACADEMY
Plaintiff- Appellant
V.
TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY and MICHAEL WILLIAMS, IN HIS OFFICIAL
CAPACITY AS THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Defendant- Appellee
On Appeal from the 345th Judicial District
of Travis County, Texas, Cause No. D-1-GN-15-001090
_______________________________
PLAINTIFF- APPELLANT’S
MOTION FOR EXTENSION ON BRIEFING DEADLINE
_________________________________________________________
THE LAW OFFICES OF RYAN HENRY, PLLC
1380 Pantheon Way, Ste. 215
San Antonio, Texas 78232
Telephone: (210) 257-6357
Facsimile: (210) 569-6494
ryan.henry@rshlawfirm.com
__________________________
Ryan Henry
State Bar No. 24007347
August 6, 2015 Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellant
1
NO. 03-15-00441-CV
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT § IN THE 3RD COURT OF APPEALS
SERVICES, INC. d/b/a HIGGS §
CARTER KING GIFTED & §
TALENTED CHARTER §
ACADEMY §
Appellant §
§
V. §
§
TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY §
& MICHAEL WILLIAMS, in his §
Official Capacity as the §
Commissioner of Education §
Appellee § TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS
APPELLANT’S FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION ON BRIEFING
DEADLINE
TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:
Appellant, YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SERVICES, INC. d/b/a HIGGS
CARTER KING GIFTED & TALENTED CHARTER ACADEMY (hereinafter
“HCK”), files this its First Motion for Extension and shows the Court as follows:
The Appellant HCK filed this appeal on July 17, 2015 due to the judge in the
345th District Court of Travis County granting Defendant-Appellee’s Plea to the
Jurisdiction. The judge stated that he granted the Defendant’s PTJ due to at least one
of the claims not being ripe for litigating at the time. After the order was signed, the
Defendants began the process of trying to seize Plaintiff’s real property and assets,
making the aforementioned claim ripe.
2
HCK filed a motion to reconsider and for new trial in the 345th Judicial District
Court on July 30, 2015, within the plenary power of the trial court. It also sought an
order from the court to enforce a Rule 11 between the parties wherein the TEA and
Williams agreed not to seize any property until a final order in the case. Due to this
filing, the judge’s plenary power over the matter extends to 75 days after the order
granting the plea to the jurisdiction was signed. The judge has not yet ruled on the
matter.
Further, counsel for HCK has a scheduled vacation out of the country from
August 9 to August 16, 2015 and previously filed a vacation with the trial court to
this effect. I request that the court take into account my scheduled vacation as well
as our desire to await the district court’s decision on our motion and extend the
deadline of our briefing from August 21, 2015 to September 20, 2015 (an additional
30 days). I have consulted with the attorney for the Defendants and she is unopposed
to the relief sought in this motion to extend deadline.
HCK prays this court grant this first motion for extension and extend the
briefing deadline to September 20, 2015. HCK further requests what other relief it
may be entitled to regarding this motion.
3
SIGNED this 6th day of August, 2015.
Respectfully submitted,
THE LAW OFFICES OF RYAN HENRY, PLLC
1380 Pantheon Way, Ste. 215
San Antonio, Texas 78232
Telephone: (210) 257-6357
Facsimile: (210) 569-6494
ryan.henry@rshlawfirm.com
__________________________
Ryan S. Henry
State Bar No. 24007347
ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE
CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
I certify that I have conferred with Erika Laremont, attorney for Defendant-
Appellee, via email, and she is unopposed to Plaintiff- Appellant’s motion for
extension stated herein.
BY: ________________________
RYAN S. HENRY
4
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been served
in accordance with Texas Rules of Civil Procedure on this the 6th day of August,
2015, as indicated below.
Erika Laremont Sent Via Email:
General Litigation Erika.Laremont@texasattorneygeneral.gov
PO Box 12548
Austin, Texas 78711-2548
Attorney for Defendants/Appellant’s
Texas Education Agency and
Michael Williams
_____________________________
RYAN S. HENRY
5