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*0 FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 4/14/2015 3:41:21 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk No. 03-14-00713-CV THIRD COURT OF APPEALS 4/14/2015 3:41:21 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE 03-14-00713-CV AUSTIN, TEXAS *1 ACCEPTED [4886053] CLERK
In The Court of Appeals
For the Third Judicial District
Austin, Texas G LENN H EGAR , OMPTROLLER OF P UBLIC A CCOUNTS OF THE S TATE OF T EXAS , AND
K EN P AXTON , A TTORNEY G ENERAL OF THE S TATE OF T EXAS ,
Appellants , v.
CGG V ERITAS ERVICES (U.S.), I NC .,
Appellee . On Appeal from the
353rd Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas
A PPELLANTS ’ U NOPPOSED T HIRD M OTION FOR E XTENSION OF T IME
T O THE H ONORABLE T HIRD OURT OF A PPEALS :
In accordance with Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 10.5(b) and 38.6(d),
Appellants Glenn Hegar, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas, and
Ken Paxton, Attorney General of the State of Texas, move for an extension of time to
file its brief. Appellee does not oppose motion.
I.
Appellants’ brief is currently due on April 15, 2015. Appellants seek a 6-day
extension, which would make its brief due on April 20, 2015. Two previous extensions
have been granted.
Appellants seek an extension due to counsel’s workload commitments, and not
for purposes of delay. Appellants’ counsel requests a six-day extension due to the
scheduling of a hearing in a different case. The Fifth Circuit has set a hearing on the
United States of America’s motion for stay pending appeal in Case No. 15-40238, State
of Texas, et al. v. United States of America, et al . (5th Cir. 2015). The hearing will take place
on April 17, 2015. Each side has been granted an hour for argument in that case.
Due to the commitments involved in traveling and preparing lead counsel for
that hearing, additional time is requested for Appellants’ counsel to facilitate finalizing
and filing of Appellants’ brief in this case.
II.
For this reason, counsel for Appellants respectfully requests that the deadline to
file Appellants’ brief be extended to April 20, 2015.
P RAYER Appellants respectfully requests that the Court grant it a 6-day extension of time
to file its brief, making that brief due on April 20, 2015.
Respectfully submitted.
K EN P AXTON
Attorney General of Texas HARLES E. R OY
First Assistant Attorney General COTT A. K ELLER Solicitor General /s/ April L. Farris A PRIL L. F ARRIS
Assistant Solicitor General
State Bar No. 24069702 O FFICE OF THE A TTORNEY G ENERAL
P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) Austin, Texas 78711-2548
Tel.: (512) 936-2923 Fax: (512) 474-2697 april.farris@texasattorneygeneral.gov OUNSEL FOR A PPELLANTS ERTIFICATE OF C ONFERENCE I hereby certify that on April 14, 2015 I contacted counsel for Appellee. Counsel
does not oppose this motion.
/s/ April L. Farris April L. Farris ERTIFICATE OF ERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document has been
electronically filed and served via File&ServeXpress on April 14, 2015, to the following:
Amanda Taylor
State Bar No. 24045921
James F. Martens
State Bar No. 13050720
Lacy Leonard
State Bar No. 24040561
M ARTENS T ODD L EONARD & T AYLOR
301 Congress Ave., Suite 1950
Austin, Texas 78701
Tel.: (512) 542-9898
Fax: (512) 542-9899
ataylor@textaxlaw.com
jmartens@textaxlaw.com
lleonard@textaxlaw.com
Counsel for Appellee
/s/ April L. Farris April L. Farris