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*0 FILED IN 14th COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 8/27/2015 7:59:14 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk *1 ACCEPTED 14-14-00187-CV FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 8/27/2015 7:59:14 AM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK NO. 14-14-00187-CV IN THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS
AT HOUSTON, TEXAS HERITAGE OPERATING, LP, Appellant
v.
BARBERS HILL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al,
Appellees
APPELLEES’ FIRST UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE
RESPONSE TO APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING
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TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:
Appellees, Barbers Hill Independent School District, Chambers County and the
City of Mont Belvieu, file their Unopposed Motion to Extend Time to File a response
to Appellant’s Motion for Rehearing and respectfully show the Court: Appellant’s Motion for Rehearing was filed August 17, 2015. On August 21, 2015, the Court requested Appellees to file response to the motion
for rehearing. Appellees’ Response is due August 31, 2015. Counsel for Appellees’ was traveling on other legal matter on the date the court
requested the response and did not learn of the deadline until Monday, August 24,
2015.
4. Counsel for Appellees has previously scheduled holiday time off for personal
matters from August 27 to August 30, 2015. [1]
5. Due to the above and other work obligations, motion practice, administrative
matters and various settings throughout Texas, Appellees' counsel has not finalized
the response brief. Appellees counsel request a short extension to file their brief, which makes it due
September 9, 2015. This Motion is unopposed as evidenced by the Certificate of Conference. This extension is not sought for delay but so that justice may be done. [2]
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED , Appellees pray that this Court
grant an extension of time to file Appellees’ brief, making it due on September 9, 2015
and for such other and further relief to which Appellees may be justly entitled.
*3 Respectfully submitted, Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins & Mott, L.L.P.
By: _______________________________ Joseph T. Longoria jlongoria@pbfcm.com SBN: 12544860 1235 North Loop West, Suite 600 Houston, Texas 77008 (713) 862-1860; (713) 869-0030 Facsimile ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEES CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
I conferred with Appellant's Attorney, John Shaw, regarding this motion on
August 26, 2015. He stated that he did not oppose this motion.
_________________________ CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE This is to certify that a true and correct copy of the Appellees’ First Unopposed
Motion to Extend Time to File Brief was served on the following individual by E-file,
and/or by Email this the 27 day of August, 2015.
Mr. John J. Shaw
Myers * Hill
2525 Ridgmar Blvd., suite 150
Fort Worth, Texas 76116
Email: jshaw@myers-hill.com
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[1] Counsel for appellees is celebrating his 33 rd wedding anniversary with his wife at an out of state location. If he is required to work on a response brief during that time period, the current anniversary will be memorable for all the wrong reasons and a 34 wedding anniversary will be in jeopardy.
[2] Please see footnote 1.