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*0 FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 6/2/2015 3:23:50 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk NO. 03-15-00252-CV THIRD COURT OF APPEALS 6/2/2015 3:23:50 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE AUSTIN, TEXAS 03-15-00252-CV *1 ACCEPTED [5513161] CLERK IN THE
THIRD COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS
DR. BEHZAD NAZARI, D.D.S., ET AL Appellant , V .
THE STATE OF TEXAS
Appellees, V .
ACS STATE HEALTHCARE, LLC Appellees.
On Appeal from the 53 rd District Court, Travis County, Texas
Cause No. D-1-GV-14-005380 UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE APPELLANTS’ BRIEF ON THE MERITS TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF THE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS:
COME NOW, Appellants, Dr. Behzad Nazari, D.D.S., et al, and file this,
their Unopposed Motion to Extend Time to File Appellants’ Brief on the Merits,
and would show as follows:
The Appellants’ Brief on the Merits is due June 4, 2015. Appellants
respectfully request an extension of fifteen days to file their collective brief. The
Appellant Dental Group consists of over 15 entities, represented at the underlying
trial by six law firms. The review and revision of Appellants’ brief by various trial
counsels is anticipated to take more time than is currently available under the
appellate briefing deadlines. In addition, lead counsel on this appeal has recently
engaged another law firm with expertise in the hyperlinking and technical aspects
of appellate e-filings to assure that the brief complies with the appellate filing rules
and is easy to navigate electronically.
Appellants’ trial counsel and appellate counsel expect to complete their
review of the brief and filing preparations within a week to ten days. An extension
of time would permit Appellants to prepare a more complete and technically
comprehensive response. This is the Appellants’ first request for an extension and
is unopposed by Appellees.
PRAYER
For this reason, Appellants request that the deadline for the filing of the
Brief of the Merits in this case be extended to June 19, 2015.
___________________________________ Jason Ray
R IGGS & R AY , P.C.
700 Lavaca, Suite 920
Austin, Texas 78701
Telephone: (512) 457-9806 Facsimile: (512) 457-9866 E-mail: jray@r-alaw.com *3 ATTORNEY FOR DR. BEHZAD NAZARI, D.D.S. D/B/A ANTOINE DENTAL CENTER, DR. BEHZAD NAZARI, HARLINGEN FAMILY DENTISTRY, P.C. A/K/A PRACTICAL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, SERIES LLC, JUAN D. VILLARREAL D.D.S., SERIES PLLC D/B/A HARLINGEN FAMILY DENTISTRY GROUP, DR. JUAN VILLARREAL, RICHARD F. HERRSCHER, D.D.S., M.S.D., P.C., DR. RICHARD F. HERRSCHER, M & M ORTHODONTICS, PA, DR. SCOTT MALONE, DR. DIANA MALONE, MICHELLE SMITH, NATIONAL ORTHODONTIX, MGMT., PLLC, DR. JOHN VONDRAK, RGV SMILES BY ROCKY SALINAS, D.D.S. PA, AND DR. ROCKY SALINAS.
CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE I hereby certify that on this date, I conferred with Raymond Winter, counsel
for the State of Texas, and Eric Nichols, counsel for Xerox, and they do not oppose
this motion.
______________________________ Jason Ray
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above document was served via
e-service on the 2nd day of June, 2015 on the following:
Counsel for Plaintiff State of Texas Raymond C. Winter
Chief, Civil Medicaid Fraud Division
Reynolds B. Brissenden
Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548
Austin, Texas 78711-2548
Telephone: (512) 936-1709
Facsimile: (512) 936-0674
E-mail: raymond.winter@texasattorneygeneral.gov
E-mail: reynolds.brissenden@texasattorneygeneral.gov
Counsel for Xerox Corporation, et al.
Robert C. Walters Eric J. R. Nichols
Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher, LLP Christopher R. Cowan
2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1100 Beck Redden, LLP
Dallas, Texas 75201 515 Congress Avenue, Suite 1750
Telephone: (214) 698-3100 Austin, Texas 78701
Facsimile: (214) 571-2900 Telephone: (512) 708-1000
E-mail: RWalters@gibsondunn.com Facsimile: (512) 708-1002
E-mail: enichols@beckredden.com W. Curt Webb E-mail: ccowan@beckredden.com
Constance H. Pfeiffer
Beck Redden, LLP
1221 McKinney Street, Suite 4500
Houston, Texas 77010
Telephone: (713) 951-3700
Facsimile: (713) 951-3720
E-mail: cwebb@beckredden.com
E-mail: cpfeiffer@beckredden.com
Counsel for Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs *5 Richard B. Pecore J.A. “Tony” Canales
LILES PARKER, PLLC CANALES & SIMONSON, P.C.
3400 N. McColl Rd., Suite F-35 2601 Morgan Ave.
McAllen, Texas 78501 P.O. Box 5624
Telephone: (202) 298-9750 Corpus Christi, Texas 78465-5624
Facsimile: (202) 337-5804 Telephone: (361) 883-0601
E-mail: rpecore@lilesparker.com Facsimile: (361) 884-7023
Counsel for RGV Smiles by Rocky Salinas, E-mail:
DDS PA, and Dr. Rocky Salinas tonycanales@canalessimonson.com
Counsel for M&M Orthodontics, P.A., Robert M. Anderton Dr. Scott Malone, Dr. Diana Malone,
Mark J. Hanna Michelle Smith, National Orthodontix Mgmt., PLLC and Dr. John Vondrak
Law Offices of Hanna & Anderton
900 Congress Avenue, Suite 250
Austin, Texas 78701 Oscar X. Garcia
Telephone: (512) 477-6200 Law Offices of Oscar X. Garcia
Facsimile: (512) 477-1188 302 Kings Highway, Suite 112
E-mail: andertonr@msn.com Brownsville, Texas 78521
E-mail: mhanna@markjhanna.com Telephone: (956) 554-3000
Counsel for Richard F. Herrscher, DDS, Facsimile: (956) 554-3248
MMSC, PC and Dr. Richard F. Herrscher E-mail: oxgarcia@aol.com
Counsel for Dr. Vivian Teegardin Philip H. Hilder William B. Graham Hilder & Associates, PC 819 Lovett Boulevard Houston, Texas 77006 Telephone: (713) 234-1416 Facsimile: (713) 655-9112 E-mail: philip@hilderlaw.com E-mail: will@hilderlaw.com Counsel for Dr. Wael Kanaan ____________________________ Jason Ray