Kyle Tauch, Tranquility Apartments General Corporation and Tranquility Apartments Ltd. v. Joel R. Scott

ACCEPTED 14-14-00169-CV FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 1/29/2015 9:50:00 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK 14-14-00169-CV KYLE TAUCH, TRANQUILITY APARTMENTS FILED IN 14th COURT OF APPEALS GENERAL CORP AND HOUSTON, TEXAS 1/29/2015 9:50:00 PM TRANQUILITY APPARTMENTS, LTD. CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk Appellants V. JOEL SCOTT Appellee ON APPEAL TO THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS FROM THE 80TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT TRIAL CASE NO. 2011-21305-CV MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLANTS’ BRIEF TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS: COME NOW KYLE TAUCH, TRANQUILITY APARTMENTS GENERAL CORP. and TRANQUILITY APARTMENTS LTD, APPELLANTS in this case, and file this, their Motion for Extension of Time to File Appellants’ Brief. Appellants would show as follows: 1. Appellants are Kyle Tauch, Tranquility Apartments General Corp. and Tranquility Apartments, Ltd.. Appellee is Joel R. Scott 2. Judgment was signed Nov. 25, 2013 after a bench trial. A Request for Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law was filed on December 13, 2013 and a Motion to Modify Judgment was filed on December 24, 2013. Notice of Appeal was filed in the trial court on February 24, 2014. The Reporter’s Record was filed on October 17, 2014. 3. Appellants’ Brief is due in the Court of Appeals today, January 29, 2015. 4. Two previous extensions have been granted and counsel has never asked for more than two extensions in twenty-two years, but counsel is too sick to proof what she has written and needs a one-day extension. 5. The extension requested is one (1) day, until January 30, 2015. 6. The reason for this extension is so that Appellants’ counsel will do justice to the task before her. The extension is not sought for delay. CONCLUSION & PRAYER Appellants’ Counsel visited her daughter without knowing that her daughter had a nasty cold. Counsel has completed a draft of the brief, but is too ill to properly proof it. WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, APPELLANTS ask this Court to extend the deadline for filing their Brief one day, until January 30, 2015, and for such other and further relief as may be just. Respectfully submitted, _____/s/ MB CHIMENE_________ THE CHIMENE LAW FIRM Michele Barber Chimene TBN 04207500 15203 Newfield Bridge Ln. Sugar Land, TX. 77498 PH: (713) 474-5538; no fax michelec@airmail.net CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE Appellants counsel tried to contact Chad Flores, counsel for Appellee, but it is past working hours. ______/s/ MB CHIMENE________ CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE A true and correct copy of this Motion for Extension has been served on counsel for Appellee, Chad Flores at Beck Redden, 1221 McKinney, Ste. 4500, Houston, TX. 77010, cflores@beckredden.com via ECF and email on this, the 29th of January 2015. ______/s/ MB CHIMENE_________