Aaron v. Bishop Ronald J. Booker Richard Burns Albert Cortez, Jr. Eric De Los Santos Jovita Lopez Aurelio Martinez Norris McKenzie Tomas Montez Henry D. Moreno Ricardo Pelayo Jesse Prado Oscar Ramirez James Stanesic Lester Vanzura v. the City of Austin
ACCEPTED
03-16-00580-CV
13905880
THIRD COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
11/21/2016 2:19:16 PM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
CLERK
No. 03-16-00580-CV
No. 03-16-00607-CV
FILED IN
3rd COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
11/21/2016 2:19:16 PM
In the Third Court of Appeals JEFFREY D. KYLE
Clerk
Austin, Texas
AARON BISHOP, ALBERT CORTEZ, JR., AURELIO MARTINEZ, TOMAS
MONTEZ, RICARDO PELAYO, RODERICK WESLEY, RONALD BOOKER,
ERIC DELOSSANTOS, JOVITA LOPEZ, NORRIS MCKENZIE, OSCAR
RAMIREZ, MONROE YARBROUGH, RICHARD BURNS, HENRY MORENO,
JESSE PRADO, ET AL.
Plaintiffs – Appellants
v.
THE CITY OF AUSTIN
Defendant - Appellee
Appeal from Cause No. D-1-GN-14-002459
345th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas
UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE BRIEF OF
APPELLANTS
Mark Crampton
State Bar No. 00789786
CRAMPTON LAW OFFICE
3355 BEE CAVES ROAD, SUITE 301-B
Austin, Texas 78746
(512) 892-9300
(512) 891-0262 (fax)
mark@cloatx.com
COUNSEL FOR APPELLANTS
TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS:
Appellants, AARON BISHOP, ALBERT CORTEZ, JR., AURELIO
MARTINEZ, TOMAS MONTEZ, RICARDO PELAYO, RODERICK WESLEY,
RONALD BOOKER, ERIC DELOSSANTOS, JOVITA LOPEZ, NORRIS
MCKENZIE, OSCAR RAMIREZ, MONROE YARBROUGH, RICHARD
BURNS, HENRY MORENO, JESSE PRADO, ET AL., file this Unopposed
Motion to Extend Time to File Appellants’ Brief and respectfully show:
1. Appellants, AARON BISHOP, ALBERT CORTEZ, JR., AURELIO
MARTINEZ, TOMAS MONTEZ, RICARDO PELAYO, RODERICK WESLEY,
RONALD BOOKER, ERIC DELOSSANTOS, JOVITA LOPEZ, NORRIS
MCKENZIE, OSCAR RAMIREZ, MONROE YARBROUGH, RICHARD
BURNS, HENRY MORENO, JESSE PRADO, ET AL. (“Appellants”) ask the
Court to extend the time to file their brief. Appellants’ deadline for filing its brief
is November 28, 2016. The parties previously submitted a Stipulation that extends
the deadline to file Appellants’ Brief (No. 03-16-00580-CV) to January 2, 2017.
2. This motion is filed before the date the brief is due. See Tex. R. App. Proc.
38.6(d).
3. Appellee agrees to this extension and do not oppose this motion.
4. The Court has authority under the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure
38.6(d) to extend the time to file the brief.
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5. Appellants request an additional thirty five (35) days to file their brief,
extending the time until January 2, 2017.
6. This is Appellants’ first request for an extension.
7. Appellants need additional time to file their brief because (a) the number if
Plaintiffs; (b) the complexity of the issues; (c) the voluminous size of the Clerk’s
Record; and (d) the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.
8. For the reasons stated above, Appellants ask the Court to grant an extension
of time in which to file its brief until January 2, 2017.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
By: /s/ Mark Crampton
Mark Crampton
State Bar No. 00789786
CRAMPTON LAW OFFICE
3355 Bee Caves Road, Suite 301-B
Austin, Texas 78746
(512) 892-9300
(512) 891-0262 (fax)
mark@cloatx.com
COUNSEL FOR APPELLANTS/PLAINTIFFS
AND CROSS- APPELLEE/PLAINTIFF BAKER
CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
Pursuant to TEX. R. APP. PROC. 10.5, I certify that I conferred with counsel
for Appellee, Lynn E. Carter, who advised she is unopposed to the filing of this
motion and the extension of time to file Appellants’ Brief requested herein.
/s/ Mark Crampton
Mark Crampton
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that I served a copy of this notice on counsel of record
electronically, in accordance with the Court’s rules on electronic filing, on
November 21, 2016, as listed below:
Via E-Service to:
Lynn E. Carter
Lynn.carter@austintexas.gov
Michael Siegel
Michael.siegel@austintexas.gov
City of Austin-Law Department
P. O. Box 1546
Austin, Texas 78767-1546
/s/ Mark Crampton
Mark Crampton
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