Virtex Operating Co. Inc. and Virtex Holdings L.L.P. (collectively,

“the Virtex appellees”), two of the appellees, make this motion for extension

of time for their appellees’ brief.

I. BACKGROUND 1. This motion is made under Rules of Appellate Procedure 10.5(b)

and 38.6(d).

2. Counsel for the Virtex appellees conferred with counsel for the

appellant and confirmed that the relief sought by this motion is not opposed.

3. This is the Virtex appellees’ first motion for extension of time for

the filing of its appellees’ brief. T EX . R. PP . P. 10.5(b)(1)(D).

II. GROUNDS AND AUTHORITIES 4. The Court may, under Rule of Appellate Procedure 38.6(d), extend

the time to file a brief.

5. The online docket shows an April 30, 2015, deadline for appellees’

briefs.

6. The Virtex appellees request an additional 14 days (to May 14,

2015), to file their appellees’ brief. Brian Miller, the undersigned lead

appellate counsel for the Virtex appellees, has spent a substantial part of the

briefing period so far on the following matters, among others: (1) preparing

trial and appellate court filings in opposition to a Rule of Civil Procedure

202 petition for pre-suit depositions in In re Madrigal , No. 15-124-D, in the

105 th District Court, Kleberg County, and No. 13-15-203-CV in the

Thirteenth Court of Appeals; (2) preparing summary judgment motions in a

commercial construction defect case, Hensel Phelps Inc. v. Royal American

Services Inc. , No. 2014-593, in the 11 th District Court, Harris County; and

(3) preparing for and attending oral argument in the appeal of a wrongful

death case, Westfreight Systems Inc. v. Heuston , No. 4-14-124-CV, in this

Court. A 14-day extension is requested to provide ample time for the

preparation of a brief of desired quality in this case.

7. For these reasons, good cause exists for the requested extension.

8. The facts in this motion are within the personal knowledge of the

attorney signing this motion. T EX . R. PP . P. 10.2.

PRAYER FOR RELIEF For the reasons stated above, the Virtex appellees ask that the Court

grant an extension of time to May 14, 2015, to file their appellees’ brief.

Respectfully submitted, Brian Miller (lead) State Bar No. 24002607 Christopher Lowrance State Bar No. 00784502 R OYSTON R AYZOR V ICKERY W ILLIAMS Frost Bank Plaza, Suite 1300 802 N. Carancahua St. Corpus Christi, TX 78401 Tel. No. (361) 884-8808 Fax No. (361) 884-7261 E-mail: brian.miller@roystonlaw.com Appellate counsel for the Virtex appellees *4 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE On April 30, 2015, the undersigned conferred by telephone with

Jeffrey Dorrell, counsel for the appellees, who advised that the extension

sought by this motion is not opposed.

Brian Miller CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that a true copy of this document was served via the e-filing

system (if the individual was registered for service) and as shown below on

April 30, 2015:

Email: jdorrell@hanszenlaporte.com Email: ihuron@lawdcm.com

Jeffrey L. Dorrell Isaac J. Huron

H ANSZEN L P ORTE D AVIS C EDILLO M ENDOZA I NC .

11767 Katy Fwy., Ste. 850 McCombs Plaza, Suite 500

Houston, TX 77079 755 E. Mulberry Ave.

San Antonio, TX 78212 Attorney for appellant Leticia

Zepeda Vasquez Attorney for appellee Legend

Natural Gas III, LP and Legend Natural Gas, LLC *5 Email: jeg@gvlaw.net Email: dortega@namanhowell.com

Jose E. Garcia rmcnitzky@namanhowell.com

G ARCIA & V ILLARREAL L.L.P. David L. Ortega

4311 N. McColl Rd. Richard McNitzky

McAllen, TX 78504 N AMAN H OWELL S MITH

& L EE P.L.L.C. Union Square II

Attorney for appellee XTO Energy, 10001 Reunion Place, Suite #600

Inc.

San Antonio, TX 78216 Attorney for appellees Lewis Energy Group, LP and Lewis Petro Properties, Inc.

Email:babernathy@dakpc.com Email: mrodriguez@atlashall.com

William A. Abernethy E. Michael Rodriguez

D ONNELL BERNETHY A TLAS H ALL & R ODRIGUEZ

K IESCHNICK P.C. P.O. Box 6369

555 N. Carancahua, Ste. 1700 50 W. Morrison Rd., Ste. A

Corpus Christi, TX 78401-0853 Brownsville, TX 78523-6369

Attorney for appellee Rosetta Attorney for appellees Enterprise

Resources Operating, LP Products Holdings L.L.C. and

Enterprise Products Company Brian Miller