Randall Oneal Mathis v. Fredericka Antoinette Mathis

ACCEPTED 12-17-00049-CV TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS TYLER, TEXAS 7/28/2017 2:53 PM Pam Estes CLERK NO. 12-17-00049-CV FILED IN IN THE 12th COURT OF APPEALS TYLER, TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS 7/28/2017 2:53:27 PM PAM ESTES FOR THE TWELFTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS Clerk AT TYLER IN RE: RANDALL ONEAL MATHIS, APPELLANT AND FREDRICKA ANTOINETTE MATHIS, APPELLEE On Appeal from the 115TH Judicial District Court of Upshur County, Texas Trial Court No. 372-15 APPELLANT'S THIRD MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE BRIEF DAVID B. GRIFFITH State Bar No.: 08479300 GRIFFITH LAW FIRM, P.C. 404 Titus Street P.O. Box 864 Gilmer, Texas 75644 (903) 843-5005 (903) 843-5392 - facsimile davidg@griffithlawfirm.com Attorney for Appellant APPELLANT'S THIRD MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE BRIEF TO THE HONORABLE TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS: Appellant, Randal Oneal Mathis, moves to extend the time for filing his brief, and shows the Court the following: 1. The deadline for the filing of the brief is August 3, 2017. 2. The length of the extension sought is two weeks, that is until Thursday, August 17, 2017. 3. Appellant seeks an extension because his counsel had a legal assistant unexpectedly terminate her employment and his other legal assistant had a pre-scheduled vacation which left his office short-handed. 4. The undersigned attorney would further show that this is Appellant's final request for an extension. 5. Appellant's attorney of record, the undersigned, has conferred with Appellee's attorney of record, Ebb B. Mobley, and Mr. Mobley is not opposed to this motion. PRAYER FOR RELIEF Therefore, Appellant respectfully requests that the Court issue an order extending the time for filing the Appellant's Brief, in the above case to Thursday, August 17, 2017. Dated: July 28, 2017 Respectfully submitted: GRIFFITH LAW FIRM, P.C. 404 North Titus St. P.O. Box 864 Gilmer, Texas 75644-0864 Tel: (903) 843-5005 Fax: (903) 843-5392 Email: davidg@griffithlawfirm.com --7 By&,~~ David B. Griffith State Bar No. 08479300 Attorney for Appellant CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE BY PARTIES ON MERITS OF MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE APPELLANT'S BRIEF On July 28, 2017, Appellant's attorney, David B. Griffith, through his legal assistant, Shelley Cujko, contacted Appel lee's attorney, Ebb B. Mobley, by telephone, and Mr. Mobley advised that he was not opposed to an extension of time for Appellant to file his brief. a2~ ,::::7 / -· David B. Griffith ------;? CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on July 28, 2017, a true and correct copy of the foregoing Appellant's Third Motion to Extend Time to File Brief has been served on all parties and/or counsel of record, as follows, to wit: Ebb B. Mobley Electronically through the Electronic Filing Manager to ebbmob@aol.com David B. Griffith