Order entered July 17, 2019
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-18-01431-CV
SCOTT ALAN COPELAND, Appellant
V.
DIANE COPELAND, Appellee
On Appeal from the 219th Judicial District Court
Collin County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 219-54524-2018
ORDER
Before the Court are (1) appellee’s pro se second motion to extend time to file brief and
(2) appellant’s response and motion for temporary relief. We note appellee’s brief was first due
June 1, 2019. That deadline was subsequently extended to July 15, 2019 to allow her an
opportunity to retain counsel. She now seeks an additional forty-five days because she has yet to
obtain counsel. Appellant opposes the extension, and asks that the protective order, which is the
subject of this appeal, be “set aside” during the pendency of the appeal. We ORDER as follows.
We GRANT appellee’s motion to the extent her brief shall be filed no later than August
14, 2019. We caution that further extension requests will be disfavored. We DENY appellant’s
request for a stay of the protective order.
Although we previously cautioned appellee that any motion she filed must comply with
the certificate of conference requirement in appellate rule 10.1(a)(5), appellee’s second extension
motion did not contain a certificate of conference. See TEX. R. APP. P. 10.1(a)(5). Accordingly,
we again caution appellee that any future motions shall comply with the rule.
/s/ KEN MOLBERG
JUSTICE