Christy Onabajo and Femi Onabajo v. Household Finance Corp. III

ACCEPTED 03-15-00251-CV 7019145 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 9/21/2015 3:10:50 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK No. 03-15-00251-CV IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD DISTRICT OF TEXAS FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AT AUSTIN AUSTIN, TEXAS __________________________________ 9/21/2015 3:10:50 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE FEMI S. ONABAJO AND CHRISTY ALFRED ONABAJO, Clerk Appellant v. HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORP. III, Appellee _________________________________ FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NUMBER TWO OF TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS Trial Court Cause No. C-1-CV-14-010888 APPELLANT'S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF Penny Y. Haye Texas Bar No. 24030363 Law Office of Penny Haye 7703 North Lamar Blvd Suite 400 Austin, Texas 78752 Telephone: (512) 677-4293 Facsimile: (512) 777-4535 Penny_haye@sbcglobal.net ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT Appellant's Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief Pg. 1 TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT: APPELLANT, FEMI S. ONABAJO AND CHRISTY ALFRED ONABAJO ask the Court to extend the time to file their brief. A. Introduction 1. Appellant is FEMI S. ONABAJO AND CHRISTY ALFRED ONABAJO (“Appellant”); Appellee is HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORP. III (“Household”). 2. The undersigned is attorney for Appellant. 3. The deadline to file Appellant's Brief is September 22, 2015. 4. Appellant requests a extension of time to file Appellant's Brief. 5. There is no specific deadline to file this motion to extend time. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(d). B. Argument & Authorities 6. Rule 10.5(b) authorizes Appellant to request an extension of time to file Appellant's Brief and the Court has authority to extend the time to file the Appellant's Brief under Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(d). 7. This is the second request for an extension of time to file Appellant's Brief. 8. The court reporter’s record was requested as required by Tex. R. App. P. 35(b), but is not yet on file with the appellate court. The Appellant’s brief is due within the later of 30-days of: Appellant's Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief Pg. 2 (1) The date the clerk’s record was filed; or (2) The date the reporter’s record was filed. Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(a). Under the rules, Appellant’s brief is not yet due and Appellant cannot be expected to prepare a brief without the court reporter’s record. 9. The length of the extension sought is thirty (30) days. 10. All facts recited in this motion are within the personal knowledge of the counsel signing this motion, therefore no verification is necessary under Rule of Appellate Procedure 10.2. C. Conclusion 11. The undersigned, as attorney for Appellant, requests a 30 day extension for the deadline to file Appellant's Brief. D. Prayer For these reasons, Appellant asks the Court to grant this motion and extend the time for filing its Appellant’s Brief for 60 days. Respectfully submitted, By: /s/ Penny Y. Haye Penny Y. Haye State Bar No. 24030363 Law Office of Penny Haye 7703 North Lamar Blvd Suite 340 Austin, Texas 78752 Telephone: (512) 677-4293 Facsimile: (512) 777-4535 Appellant's Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief Pg. 3 Penny_haye@sbcglobal.net ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT Certificate Of Conference I certify that I attempted to confer with counsel for Appellee regarding this motion but was unsuccessful. By: /s/ Penny Y. Haye Penny Y. Haye Certificate Of Service I hereby certify that on this the 21rd day of September 2015, a true and correct copy of the foregoing Appellant’s Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief was served upon counsel of record for Appellee via this Court’s online filing system to the following: Sarah Robbins Hughs, Watters & Askanase, L.L.P. Three Water Center 333 Clay, 29th floor Houston, Texas 77002 ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE By: /s/ Penny Y. Haye Penny Y. Haye Appellant's Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief Pg. 4