In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-16-00060-CV
GMK CONSTRUCTION LLC D/B/A MAKARIOS CONSTRUCTION CO., Appellant
V.
GREGORY OSTERTAG AND SHANNON OSTERTAG, Appellees
On Appeal from the 62nd District Court
Franklin County, Texas
Trial Court No. 11886
Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ.
ORDER
The appellant, GMK Construction LLC d/b/a Makarios Construction Co., has filed a
motion, through counsel, to extend the deadline for filing its brief in this matter. The brief was
due January 4, 2017.
In the motion, counsel does not provide the Court with any explanation, much less a
reasonable one, of the need for an extension of time. This Court interprets Rule 10.5(b)(1) of the
Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure as requiring counsel to provide specific information to justify
a requested extension, including the cause numbers of cases in which other briefs were filed; the
dates they were filed; the dates, cause numbers, and courts of matters scheduled for trial; the exact
dates of trial (if known); the expected duration of trial; etc. Broad, general statements do not
provide the required facts and are not adequate to meet the requirements of the rule. See TEX. R.
APP. P. 10.5(b)(1).
All future motions to extend time must contain case-specific information adequate to
justify the request, or they will be denied.
In this instance, we partially grant the appellant’s motion seeking a ninety-day extension
of the filing deadline by extending the deadline for filing its brief by thirty days, making the brief
now due February 3, 2017. Additional requests for extensions of time will not be looked upon
with favor.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
BY THE COURT
Date: January 10, 2017
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