El Caballero Ranch, Inc. A/K/A El Caballero, LLC and Laredo Marine, LLC v. Grace River Ranch, LLC

ACCEPTED 04-15-00127-CV FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 6/30/2015 7:48:17 AM KEITH HOTTLE CLERK No. 04-15-00127-CV FILED IN 4th COURT OF APPEALS __________________________________________ SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS 06/30/2015 7:48:17 AM KEITH E. HOTTLE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Clerk SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS __________________________________________ EL CABALLERO RANCH, INC. and LAREDO MARINE, L.L.C., Appellants/Defendants, vs. GRACE RIVER RANCH, L.L.C., Appellee/Plaintiff. __________________________________________ APPELLANTS’ MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE REPLY BRIEF To the Honorable Justices: Appellants El Caballero Ranch, Inc. and Laredo Marine L.L.C. respectfully request this Court grant them a 30 day extension to file their Reply Brief for the following reasons: Appellee filed its Response Brief on June 22, 2015, making Appellants’ Reply Brief due on July 13, 2015. Appellants request an additional 30 days, which, if granted, would make Appellants’ Reply Brief due on August 12, 2015. Appellants require additional time to file a Reply Brief due to Appellants’ appellate counsel’s 1 simultaneously-existing briefing deadlines and trial settings.1 This Court has previously granted Appellee’s 30-day extension request, which was unopposed by Appellants. Thus, Appellants’ respectfully request this Court grant their extension and order their Reply Brief due by August 12, 2015. Respectfully submitted, KELLER STOLARCZYK, PLLC 234 West Bandera Road #120 Boerne, Texas 78006 Tele: 830.981.5000 Facs: 888.293.8580 /s/Kimberly S. Keller Kimberly S. Keller SBN: 24014182 kim@kellsto.com Annalyn G. Smith SBN: 18532500 asmith@sr-llp.com SCHMOYER REINHARD, LLP 17806 IH 10 West, Suite 400 San Antonio, Texas 78257 Tele: 210.447.8033 Facs: 210.4478033 COUNSEL FOR APPELLANTS 1 No. 14-0917, City of Dallas v. Highway 205 Farms (Texas Supreme Court) (Brief on the Merits); No. 15-0020, In re Highway 205 Farms (Texas Supreme Court) (Brief on the Merits); No. ______, Randy K. Smith v. Lawrence Reid, et al. (Texas Supreme Court) (Brief on the Merits); No. 06-500A, Champee Springs Ranches Property v. Teal Trading Development, LP (Kendall County) (trial). 2 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE & SERVICE I attempted to confer with opposing counsel on June 29, 2015, on this Motion but did not hear back with a position by the time this Motion was filed. I certify Appellants’ Motion was served, on June 30, 2015, on the following via e-service/email or first class mail: Steven C. Haley MOORMAN, TATE, URQUHART, HALEY, UPCHURCH & YATES, L.L. P. 207 East Main Street P. O. Box 1808 Brenham, Texas 77834-1808 John H. Patterson, Jr. MONTEZ & PATTERSON 508 Thorton, Suite 4 Cotulla, Texas 78014 Counsel for Grace River Ranch Donato D. Ramos & Donato D Ramos, Jr. LAW OFFICES OF DONATO D. RAMOS 6721 McPherson P.O. Box 452009 Laredo, Texas 78045 Counsel for County of La Salle /s/Kimberly S. Keller Kimberly S. Keller . 3