ACCEPTED
141400604-CV
FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
4/20/2015 12:53:31 PM
CHRISTOPHER PRINE
CLERK
14-14-00604-CV
BRIDGESTONE LAKES COMM. IMPROVEMENT ASS’N, INC.
FILED IN
14th COURT OF APPEALS
Appellant HOUSTON, TEXAS
4/20/2015 12:53:31 PM
V.
CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
Clerk
BRIDGESTONE LAKES DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC.,
ROBERT A. HUDSON, CLAUDIA HUDSON, and TIFFANY ROATH
Appellees
ON APPEAL TO THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS
FROM THE 152nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
TRIAL CASE NO. 2011-53723
MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
TO FILE APPELLANTS’ BRIEF
TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:
COMES NOW APPELLANT, BRIDGESTONE LAKES COMMUNITY
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, INC. and files this, their Motion for extension
of time in which to file their brief. Appellant would show as follows:
1.
Appellant is Bridgestone Lakes Community Improvement Association, Inc,
and Appellees are Robert A. Hudson, Claudia Hudson and Tiffany Roath.
2.
On August 25, 2014, Appellant filed a Designation of Clerk’s Record for this
case. It was envelope 2276771. It was deemed “accepted” but apparently did not
reach the post-judgment department. (See Ex. “A”, incorporated herein by
reference). Despite resending this letter twice, the Supplement did not contain the
documents requested. Counsel is now checking to assure that everything requested
is finally filed. Checking is an involved process, as nothing is in chronological order
and responses do not follow motions and orders do not follow responses. The most
recent supplement was filed March 30, 2015. However, the brief is slated by the
clerk to be due today, April 20, 2015. This is an involved appeal, with at least three
interlocutory orders to be appealed. (three partial summary judgments). It requires
thirty days after the record became complete to get it done and do justice to this case.
Appellant asks for a seven day extension, until and including April 27, 2015. This
will still be less than thirty days from the time the record was filed.
3.
Three extensions have been granted, but they were all before the record was
complete. Appellant bore no fault in the problems there have been in assembling
the record. It should not be penalized for something it didn’t cause.
4.
Judgment was signed July 21, 2014 after summary judgment. Notice of
Appeal was filed in the trial court on July 24, 2014. The Reporter’s Record was filed
on December 5, 2014. The Supplemental Clerk’s Record was filed March 30, 2015.
5.
Appellee’s counsel was been consulted by email late last night and contacted
by telephone this morning but it is unknown whether Appellee is unopposed to this
extension.
6.
In addition to working at the trial level in this case (fighting a Motion to Raise
the Supersedeas Deposit) and working on this appeal, Counsel for Appellant has had
her time taken up by the following:
1) A short illness;
2) A move of her office, which had her office in upheaval for about three weeks
because she is a solo who did the preparation herself;
3) Briefing on the Merits and Reply Brief in the Supreme Court in No. 14-0517;
In the Interest of M.M.M. and S.H.M.;
4) Work on 14-14-00169-CV: Tauch v. Scott;
5) Work on 04-14-00655; Hosek v. Scott; and
6) Negotiations in 03-14-00672-CV; Dunn v. Mariott Hotel Corp.
CONCLUSION & PRAYER
The reason for this extension is because Appellant was not at fault in having
a Clerk’s Record that was not completely filed until March 30, 2015, and now that
the record is probably complete, Counsel needs at least twenty-eight days to present
Appellant’s several points of error. Appellant asks this Court for an extension of
seven days of the deadline to file its brief, until April 27, 2015. This extension is
not asked for for purposes of delay, but so that justice may be done.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, APPELLANT asks this Court
to extend the deadline for filing their Brief seven days until April 27, 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
2827 Linkwood Dr.
Houston, TX. 77025
PH: (832) 940-1471; no fax
michelec@airmail.net
CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
Appellant’s counsel has contacted Joseph Callier’s office today and emailed
yesterday, and was unable to obtain a response.
______/s/ MB CHIMENE________
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
A true and correct copy of this Motion for Extension has been served on
counsel for Appellees, Joseph Callier at Callier and Garza, LLP, 4900 Woodway,
Ste. 700, Houston, TX. 77056, callier@callierandgarza.com on April 20 2015 by
ECF and email.
______/s/ MB CHIMENE_________
The Chimene Law Firm
15203 Newfield Bridge Ln.
Sugar Land, TX. 77498
michelec@airmail.net
August 4, 2014
Ms. Washington
Clerk, Harris County Post-Trial
201 Caroline St.
Houston, TX. 77002
Re: Cause No. 2011-53723; Bridgestone Lakes Comm. Improv. Ass’n, Inc.
v. Bridgestone Lakes Development Co., Inc., et al.; On appeal to the Houston
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
Dear Ms. Washington:
My client wishes to appeal the above-referenced case and the case has been
assigned to the Fourteenth Court of Appeals. Please assemble a Clerk’s Record for
the appeal and let the undersigned know what you require as far as costs. The Clerk’s
Record should contain, at a minimum, the following:
1) Docket sheet for the case;
2) The live pleadings. I believe these are the Fourth Amended Petition,
(56519299, 56867837, 56827910-11, 56724671), First Amended Answer,
(51258891); Counterclaim for Indemnity, (51258890); and Answer to
Counterclaim for Indemnity, (54398789);
3) All Motions for Summary Judgment or Motions for Partial Summary
Judgment. I believe there are three in all. (53742141, 55085755, 55086250,
54783970, 55199860; Please include all the exhibits;
4) All Responses to Motions for Summary or Partial Summary Judgment and the
exhibits and Affidavit of Susan Rice (55261801, 55261802-816 [exhibits],
55244608, 55231687, 55244609-16, 55231685 [exhibits], 58738907,
58738908-12 [exhibits], 58365343, 58789159, 58789160-61 [exhibits] ;
Pg. 2, Letter to Clerk
Cause No. 2011-53723
5) Any orders on summary judgments or partial summary judgments (59945464,
There should be more than this one?);
6) Motions to Dismiss (56708632, 56680574, 56680575 [exhibit], 56535043
7) Attorney invoices (56680580)
8) Motion for sanctions (56535063)
9) Order signed denying attorney fees (56470769)
10) Order signed denying Motion to Dismiss (58179066)
11) Any Motions Attys’ fees, for Reconsideration of attorneys’ fees or
responses thereto (55799762, 55720915, 55409825, 55376021, 56431452,
56394199, 56394200 [exhibit], 56247737, 56247739 [exhibit], 58372964,
58751643)
12) Any requests for rehearing of Motions for New Trial (54493830,
55143738, 55143741-43, 55199437, 55199441-68 [exhibits], 55155445,
55357706, 55357707-13 [exhibits], 55360995, 55331513, 55331518-15
[exhibits],
10)Hudson, et al’s Objection to the Affidavit of Linda Wilkinson (58874286);
11)Defendants’ Objection to the Affidavit of David Beyer (55874178);
12) Reply to Bridgestone Lakes Comm. Improv. Ass’n, Inc’s Response to
Defendants’ No Evidence Motion for Summary Judgment and exhibits;
13) Docket Control Order/ Pre-Trial Order (3/5/14);
14) Order for Interlocutory Summary Judgment (repetitive of above request);
15) Proposed Findings of Fact;
16) Second Supplemental CPRC 18.002 attorneys’ fees affidavit;
17) Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (61142952);
18) Affidavit of M. Susan Rice (4/4/14);
19) Hudson, et al’s Request for Amended Findings of Fact (61287892);
20) Plaintiff’s Response to Hudson, et al’s Request for Amended Findings of
Fact (61322076);
21) Final Judgment (6/27/14);
22) Order Modifying and Amending Temporary Orders (6/27/14);
23) Hudson, et al’s Motion to Modify Judgment (61416248);
24) Order Modifying and Amending Temporary Orders Signed (7/21/14);
25) Notice of Appeal;
26) Letter to Court Reporter;
27) This Letter to Clerk
Please let me know if you believe I have omitted anything significant. The
entire list of documents in the case was not retrievable via the internet.
Thank you.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ MB CHIMENE
Michele Barber Chimene
TBN 04207500