ACCEPTED
03-15-00371-CV
7090839
THIRD COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
9/24/2015 4:45:26 PM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
CLERK
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRD DISTRICT OF TEXAS
AUSTIN, TEXAS FILED IN
3rd COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
9/24/2015 4:45:26 PM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
NO. 03-15-00371-CV Clerk
CITY OF DALLAS,
Appellant,
vs.
SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS,
Appellee.
APPELLANVS SECOND MOTION FOR EXTENSION
OF TIME TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF
Comes now Appellant City of Dallas, and pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 10.5(b)
and 38.6(d), moves for an extension of time to file its Appellant’s Brief, and in
support thereof would respectfully show the Court as follows:
1. Appellant’s Brief is currently due to be filed in this case on October 2,
2015.
2. The undersigned lead counsel for Appellant has not been able to
prepare the Brief of Appellant due to being occupied with various other trial,
appellate and other legal matters, as well as out-of-town travel. The appellate
briefs mentioned in Paragraph 2 of Appellant’s First, Unopposed, Motion for
Extension of Time in the El Paso Court of Appeals and in the Texas Supreme Court
have been completed, but the undersigned has still not had an adequate
opportunity to prepare the Brief in this case. The Supreme Court recently
denied a petition for review and cross-petition for review in a case which the
undersigned was lead counsel for the respondent/cross-petitioner, and motions
for rehearing in that case are due on Monday, September 28. Moreover, the
undersigned has received notices of oral argument in the El Paso Court of Appeals
on October 8 both in a case in which he is lead counsel for the appellant, and in a
separate case in which he is lead counsel for one of the appellees. He has been
preparing a pre-submission brief in one of those cases, as well as preparing for
oral argument. Additionally, the undersigned has received notice of the granting
of a petition for review by the Texas Supreme Court in a case in which he is lead
counsel for the respondent, and notice of oral argument scheduled for Monday,
November 2. The undersigned will need to devote a substantial amount of time
and attention between now and November 2 to preparing for oral argument in
that case, as well as the preparation of a pre-submission, sur-reply brief and
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motion for leave to file same.
3. The undersigned’s work commitments in the cases mentioned above,
as well as other work commitments, have prevented, and will prevent, him from
filing the Appellant’s Brief in this case when currently due on October 2, 2015.
In view of these and other work commitments over the next several weeks,
Appellant respectfully requests a 49-day extension of time in which to file its
Brief, to and including Friday, November 20, 2015.
4. This is the second request for an extension of time to file Appellant’s
Brief.
5. This extension of time is sought not for purpose of delay only, but so
that justice may be done and so that a well-researched and concisely-written Brief
may be filed with the Court for the benefit of the parties and the Court.
Appellant will make every effort not to seek any further extensions beyond the
November 20, 2015 date requested herein.
CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
6. Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 10.1(a)(5), the undersigned attorney of
record for Appellant certifies that he has conferred with the attorney of record for
Appellee, Jose de Ia Fuente, via e-mail regarding this Motion, and he has
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responded on behalf of Appellee that they are not opposed to an extension of
time to and including October 23, 2015, but are opposed to an extension of time
of any greater duration.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant respectfully prays that this
Honorable Court grant an extension of time of 49 days from and after October 2,
2015, in which to Appellant’s Brief in this matter, to and including Friday,
November 20, 2015; and, in the alternative, requests an extension of time in the
maximum amount allowable by the Court under the circumstances, up to 49 days.
Respectfully submitted,
S. Anthony Safi
State Bar No. 17516800
MOUNCE, GREEN, MYERS,
SAFI, PAXSON & GALATZAN
A Professional Corporation
P. 0. Box 1977
El Paso, Texas 79999-1977
(915) 532-2000
Fax No. (915) 541-1548
By: Is! S. Anthony Safi
S. Anthony Safi
Attorney for Appellant
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this 24
th
day of September, 2015, I electronically
filed the foregoing Second Motion for Extension of Time with the Clerk of the
Court using the e-filing system service provider, which will serve a copy of same
on the following counsel of record: Jose E. de Ia Fuente, Lloyd Gosselink
Rochelle & Townsend, P.C., 816 Congress Avenue, Suite 1900, Austin Texas 78701
(jdelafuente@lglawfirm.com).
Is! S. Anthony Safi
S. Anthony Safi
1224706/SAS/13175-122
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