ACCEPTED
04-14-00899-cv
FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
4/30/2015 4:24:07 PM
KEITH HOTTLE
CLERK
No. 04-14-00899-CV
LAURA LETICIA ZEPEDA § IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
FILED IN
4th COURT OF APPEALS
VASQUEZ, individually and on § SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
behalf of the ESTATE OF JOSE § 04/30/2015 4:24:07 PM
ABRAHAM VASQUEZ JR., § KEITH E. HOTTLE
Appellant, § Clerk
FOURTH DISTRICT
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v. §
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LEGEND NATURAL GAS III § SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
L.P., et al., Appellees.
VIRTEX APPELLEES’ MOTION FOR EXTENSION
Virtex Operating Co. Inc. and Virtex Holdings L.L.P. (collectively,
“the Virtex appellees”), two of the appellees, make this motion for extension
of time for their appellees’ brief.
I. BACKGROUND
1. This motion is made under Rules of Appellate Procedure 10.5(b)
and 38.6(d).
2. Counsel for the Virtex appellees conferred with counsel for the
appellant and confirmed that the relief sought by this motion is not opposed.
3. This is the Virtex appellees’ first motion for extension of time for
the filing of its appellees’ brief. TEX. R. APP. P. 10.5(b)(1)(D).
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II. GROUNDS AND AUTHORITIES
4. The Court may, under Rule of Appellate Procedure 38.6(d), extend
the time to file a brief.
5. The online docket shows an April 30, 2015, deadline for appellees’
briefs.
6. The Virtex appellees request an additional 14 days (to May 14,
2015), to file their appellees’ brief. Brian Miller, the undersigned lead
appellate counsel for the Virtex appellees, has spent a substantial part of the
briefing period so far on the following matters, among others: (1) preparing
trial and appellate court filings in opposition to a Rule of Civil Procedure
202 petition for pre-suit depositions in In re Madrigal, No. 15-124-D, in the
105th District Court, Kleberg County, and No. 13-15-203-CV in the
Thirteenth Court of Appeals; (2) preparing summary judgment motions in a
commercial construction defect case, Hensel Phelps Inc. v. Royal American
Services Inc., No. 2014-593, in the 11th District Court, Harris County; and
(3) preparing for and attending oral argument in the appeal of a wrongful
death case, Westfreight Systems Inc. v. Heuston, No. 4-14-124-CV, in this
Court. A 14-day extension is requested to provide ample time for the
preparation of a brief of desired quality in this case.
7. For these reasons, good cause exists for the requested extension.
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8. The facts in this motion are within the personal knowledge of the
attorney signing this motion. TEX. R. APP. P. 10.2.
PRAYER FOR RELIEF
For the reasons stated above, the Virtex appellees ask that the Court
grant an extension of time to May 14, 2015, to file their appellees’ brief.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Brian Miller
Brian Miller (lead)
State Bar No. 24002607
Christopher Lowrance
State Bar No. 00784502
ROYSTON RAYZOR
VICKERY & WILLIAMS L.L.P.
Frost Bank Plaza, Suite 1300
802 N. Carancahua St.
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
Tel. No. (361) 884-8808
Fax No. (361) 884-7261
E-mail: brian.miller@roystonlaw.com
Appellate counsel for the Virtex
appellees
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CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
On April 30, 2015, the undersigned conferred by telephone with
Jeffrey Dorrell, counsel for the appellees, who advised that the extension
sought by this motion is not opposed.
/s/ Brian Miller
Brian Miller
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that a true copy of this document was served via the e-filing
system (if the individual was registered for service) and as shown below on
April 30, 2015:
Email: jdorrell@hanszenlaporte.com Email: ihuron@lawdcm.com
Jeffrey L. Dorrell Isaac J. Huron
HANSZEN LAPORTE L.L.P. DAVIS CEDILLO & MENDOZA INC.
11767 Katy Fwy., Ste. 850 McCombs Plaza, Suite 500
Houston, TX 77079 755 E. Mulberry Ave.
San Antonio, TX 78212
Attorney for appellant Leticia
Zepeda Vasquez Attorney for appellee Legend
Natural Gas III, LP and Legend
Natural Gas, LLC
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Email: jeg@gvlaw.net Email: dortega@namanhowell.com
Jose E. Garcia rmcnitzky@namanhowell.com
GARCIA & VILLARREAL L.L.P. David L. Ortega
4311 N. McColl Rd. Richard McNitzky
McAllen, TX 78504 NAMAN HOWELL SMITH
& LEE P.L.L.C.
Attorney for appellee XTO Energy, Union Square II
Inc. 10001 Reunion Place, Suite #600
San Antonio, TX 78216
Attorney for appellees Lewis Energy
Group, LP and Lewis Petro
Properties, Inc.
Email:babernathy@dakpc.com Email: mrodriguez@atlashall.com
William A. Abernethy E. Michael Rodriguez
DONNELL ABERNETHY & ATLAS HALL & RODRIGUEZ L.L.P.
KIESCHNICK P.C. P.O. Box 6369
555 N. Carancahua, Ste. 1700 50 W. Morrison Rd., Ste. A
Corpus Christi, TX 78401-0853 Brownsville, TX 78523-6369
Attorney for appellee Rosetta Attorney for appellees Enterprise
Resources Operating, LP Products Holdings L.L.C. and
Enterprise Products Company
/s/ Brian Miller
Brian Miller
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Laura Leticia Zepeda Vasquez, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Jose Abraham Vasquez,Jr. v. Legend Natural Gas III, LP Legend Natural Gas, LLC Lewis Energy Group, LP And Lewis Petro Properties, Inc
Combined Opinion