ACCEPTED
03-15-00516-CV
8013937
THIRD COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
11/30/2015 2:20:55 PM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
CLERK
No. 03-15-00516-CV
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FILED IN
3rd COURT OF APPEALS
In the Court of Appeals AUSTIN, TEXAS
For the Third Judicial District 11/30/2015 2:20:55 PM
Austin, Texas JEFFREY D. KYLE
Clerk
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CANTU ENTERPRISES, LLC
Appellant,
v.
GLENN HEGAR, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF
THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND KEN PAXTON, ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
Appellees.
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ON APPEAL FROM THE 353RD DISTRICT COURT, TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS
TRIAL COURT CAUSE NO. D-1-GN-13-004369
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APPELLANT’S THIRD UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF
TIME TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF
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RYAN LAW FIRM, LLP
Doug Sigel
Texas Bar No. 18347650
100 Congress Avenue, Suite 950
Austin, Texas 78701
Telephone: (512) 459-6600
Facsimile: (512) 459-6601
Counsel for Cantu Enterprises, LLC
TO THE HONORABLE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS:
Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 10.1 and 38.6(d), the Appellant, Cantu
Enterprises, LLC (“Cantu”) files this Third Unopposed Motion for Extension of
Time to File Appellant’s Brief.
The Appellant’s Brief is currently due on December 14, 2015.
Counsel for Cantu requests a 30-day extension of time to file the Appellant’s
Brief, making the brief due on January 13, 2016. This is the third request for
extension of time to file the Appellant’s Brief.
Counsel for Appellant relies on the following reasons, in addition to the
routine matters that counsel must attend to in daily practice, to explain the need for
the requested extension:
• The undersigned counsel for Dish Network, L.L.C., is preparing for both a
hearing and a trial in the case, styled Dish Network, L.L.C., v. Glenn Hegar,
Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas, and Ken Paxton, Attorney
General of The State of Texas; Cause No. D-1-GN-15-000344; in the 201st Judicial
District Court of Travis County, Texas. The hearing is scheduled to be held on
December 3, 2015, and the trial is scheduled to be held on December 7, 2015.
• The undersigned counsel is preparing an Appellants’ Reply Brief in Duke
Realty Limited Partnership and Huffmeister Development v. Harris County
APPELLANT’S THIRD UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF
TIME TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF PAGE 2
Appraisal District, No. 14-15-00543-CV, in the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, which
is due to be filed on December 7, 2015.
• The undersigned counsel is preparing for oral argument in Hallmark
Marketing Company, LLC v. Glenn Hegar, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the
State of Texas, and Ken Paxton, Attorney General of the State of Texas, Case No.
14-1075, in the Supreme Court of Texas, scheduled to be held on December 9, 2015.
• The undersigned counsel for Owens Corning, is preparing for a hearing in
the case, styled Owens Corning v. Glenn Hegar, Comptroller of Public Accounts of
the State of Texas, and Ken Paxton, Attorney General of The State of Texas; Cause
No. D-1-GN-15-001998; in the 53rd Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas,
scheduled to be held on December 10, 2015.
Counsel for Appellant seeks this extension of time to be able to prepare a
cogent and succinct brief to aid this Court in its analysis of the issues presented.
Given the other time commitments imposed on counsel, it will not be possible to
prepare the Appellant’s Brief by December 14, 2015. This request is not sought for
delay but so that justice may be done.
The undersigned has conferred with Shannon Ryman, counsel for the
Appellees, and she has indicated that she does not oppose this motion.
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TIME TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF PAGE 3
All facts recited in this motion are within the personal knowledge of the
counsel signing this motion; therefore no verification is necessary under Texas Rule
of Appellate Procedure 10.2.
PRAYER FOR RELIEF
For the reasons set forth above, Appellant requests that this Court grant this
Third Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Appellant’s Brief and extend
the deadline for filing the Appellant’s Brief up to and including January 13, 2016.
Appellant requests all other relief to which it may be entitled.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Doug Sigel
Doug Sigel
Texas Bar No. 18347650
Doug.Sigel@RyanLawLLP.com
RYAN LAW FIRM, LLP
100 Congress Avenue, Suite 950
Austin, Texas 78701
Telephone: (512) 459-6600
Facsimile: (512) 459-6601
Counsel for Cantu Enterprises, LLC
CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 10.1(5), I certify that the undersigned conferred
with opposing counsel, Shannon Ryman, on November 30, 2015, and Ms. Ryman is
not opposed to this motion.
/s/ Doug Sigel
Doug Sigel
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TIME TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF PAGE 4
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that a copy of the foregoing Appellant’s Third Unopposed Motion for
Extension of Time to File Appellant’s Brief was served on Appellees, through
counsel of record, Shannon Ryman, Office of the Attorney General, Financial
Litigation, Tax & Charitable Trusts Division, William P. Clements Building, 300 W.
15th Street, 11th Floor, Austin, Texas 78701, Shannon.Ryman@texasattorney
general.gov by electronic mail and electronic service on November 30, 2015.
/s/ Doug Sigel
Doug Sigel
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