Mateo Cortez, as Representative of the Estate of Deborah Cortez v. Sandra Flesher Brown, Charlotte Flesher Ash, Charlene Flesher Johnston, Connie Lou Keith Barry, Randall Wayne Davis, Virginia Villers, Charles Roberts, Lisa A. Smith, Patricia Chapman, Betty J. Marks Webb, James Berl Marks, Linda Murray

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03-17-00365-cv
21306984
THIRD COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
12/14/2017 4:57 PM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
515 Congress Avenue, Suite 1900 | Austin, TX 78701 CLERK
Phone 512.708.1000 | Fax 512.708.1002
www.beckredden.com

AMANDA TAYLOR RECEIVED IN
3rd COURT OF APPEALS
BOARD CERTIFIED • CIVIL APPELLATE LAW ataylor@beckredden.com
AUSTIN, TEXAS
TEXAS BOARD OF LEGAL SPECIALIZATION Direct: (512) 900-3217
12/14/2017 4:57:32 PM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
December 14, 2017 Clerk

RE: Cortez v. Brown, et. al., No. 03-17-00365-CV, in the Court of Appeals for the Third
Judicial District of Texas, in Austin.

Jeffrey D. Kyle, Clerk Via E-Filing
Third Court of Appeals
P.O. Box 12547
Austin, Texas 78711-2547

Dear Mr. Kyle:

On December 13, 2017, Appellant in the above-referenced case filed a Response to
the Appellees’ Motion to Dismiss for Want of Jurisdiction, and his counsel filed a Motion for
Leave to File an Amended Notice of Appeal. The Appellees intend to file a Reply in support
of their Motion and a Response to the Motion on or before December 29, 2017. Although
we would normally respond within 10 days, extra time is needed due to out-of-town travel
for the holidays beginning on December 15, and due to the complexity of issues raised and
volume of outside-of-the-record documents attached to Appellant’s Response.

Please provide a copy of this letter to the Honorable Justices of our assigned panel.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Amanda Taylor

AGT/jlv
CC: Brian Thompson (via email)
Aaron Boone (via email)
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing letter has been
electronically filed and served on all counsel below on December 14, 2017. See Tex. R.
App. P. 9.2(c)(1), 9.5(b)(1).

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/s/ Amanda G. Taylor
Amanda G. Taylor