Antioch St. Johns Cemetery Company D/B/A American Memorial Park, Grand Prairie, Texas Gerald Weatherall And Beverly Randall-Weatherall v. Texas Department of Banking Commissioner
ACCEPTED
03-15-00341-CV
7253639
THIRD COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
10/6/2015 3:01:01 PM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
CLERK
IN THE
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRD DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN FILED IN
3rd COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
10/6/2015 3:01:01 PM
ANTIOCH ST. JOHNS CEMETERY § JEFFREY D. KYLE
COMPANY d/b/a AMERICAN § Clerk
MEMORIAL PARK, GRAND PRAIRIE, § CAUSE NO. 03-15-00341-CV
TEXAS, GERALD WEATHERALL and §
BEVERLY RANDALL-WEATHERALL §
Plaintiffs/Petitioners § ON APPEAL FROM THE
§ 261st JUDICIAL DISTRICT
v. § TARRANT COUNTY
§ COURTS
§ (No. D-1-GN-14-000367)
THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF §
BANKING COMMISSIONER §
Defendant/Respondent §
APPELLANTS’ MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE LATE BRIEFING
TO THE HONORABLE COURT:
Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(a), briefing on the Appeal submitted by
Antioch St. Johns Cemetery Company d/b/a American Memorial Park, Grand
Prairie, Texas, Gerald Weatherall, and Beverly Randall-Weatherall (the
“Appellants”), was due on September 14, 2015.
Appellants submit this Motion to file their briefing this day, October 1, 2015,
as the late filing was not due to conscience indifference, neglect or disregard for the
rules of procedure. Rather, Appellants’ counsel was expecting a notice from the
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Appellant Court that briefing would be due on certain date and did not realize that
such notice would not be stemming from the Court until receiving the notice of late
filing on September 21, 2015.
Apparently, and according to the appeals court clerk, notice of the clerk’s
filing of the record from the trial court filed on August 15, 2015, had been delivered
via email to the Appellants’ counsel. However, Appellants’ counsel either
inadvertently deleted the email notice or same did not come through the email
address. For these reasons, Appellants’ seek leave of this Court to file the briefing
contemporaneously with this Motion. Appellants would further submit that the
Appellee has not been prejudiced by the filing since the issues in this matter are
simplified with a limited amount of facts to review on the record. Finally, pursuant
to the certificate of conference herein, leave should be granted as Appellees have no
objection to the request for extension to file Appellants briefing.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellants pray that the Court
grant leave to for Appellants to file late briefing, and for all other and further relief
to which Appellants may be entitled.
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Respectfully Submitted by:
THE LAW OFFICES OF KEVIN S. WILEY, JR.
/s/ Kevin S. Wiley, Jr._____________
Kevin S. Wiley, Jr.
Texas State Bar No. 24029902
325 N. St. Paul Street, Suite 4400
Dallas, Texas 75201
Tel.: 469-619-5721
Fax.: 469-619-5725
kevinwiley@lkswjr.com
ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANTS
CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
I hereby certify that on September 29, 2015, I conferred with Appellee’s
counsel of record, Ann Hartley, regarding the relief requested in this Motion, and
Ms. Hartley indicated that she has no objection to same.
/s/ Kevin S. Wiley, Jr._____
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Motion for Leave has been served
on the Banking Commission by and through their counsel of record below on this
6th day of October, 2015 via electronic mail to the parties listed below.
Ann Hartley
Assistant General Counsel
Texas Department of Banking
Ann.hartley@texasattorneygeneral.com
2601 N. Lamar Blvd.
Austin, Texas 78705
/s/ Kevin S. Wiley, Jr.
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