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*0 FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 6/26/2015 12:32:22 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk NO. 03-15-00294-CV THIRD COURT OF APPEALS 6/26/2015 12:32:22 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE AUSTIN, TEXAS 03-15-00294-CV *1 ACCEPTED [5840814] CLERK
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD DISTRICT OF TEXAS MANOR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Appellant v.
DEYDRA STEANS
Appellee From the 200 th Judicial District Court of
Travis County, Texas APPELLEE’S MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE RESPONSE TO
APPELLANT’S MOTION TO STAY
Appellee Deydra Steans asks the Court to extend the time to file her response
to Appellant’s Motion to Stay.
A. Introduction
1. Appellant is Manor Independent School District.
2. Appellee is Deydra Steans.
3. The deadline to file this response is June 26, 2015.
4. The parties have agreed to this motion.
B. Argument and Authorities
5. The Court has authority under TRAP 55.7 and 10.5 to extend the time to
file her response.
6. Appellee requests an additional 30 days for file her response to
Appellant’s Motion to Stay.
7. Appellant needs additional time because the parties are engaged in
settlement negotiations and the parties believe the matter has settled. A
preliminary mediator proposal has been approved by both sides and the
parties are still in the process of attempting to finalize the settlement
agreement.
C. Conclusion
8. Because the parties have resolved the matter and still in need of time to
finalize the settlement, it is necessary to extend the time for Appellee to
respond to Appellant’s Motion to Stay.
D. Prayer
9. For these reasons, Appellee asks the Court to grant an extension of time
to file her response to Appellant’s Motion to Stay until July 26, 2015.
Respectfully submitted, POTTER BLEDSOE, LLP By: /s/ Gary L. Bledsoe Gary L. Bledsoe State Bar No. 02476500 *3 gbledsoe@potterbledsoe.com Harry G. Potter III hpotter@potterbledsoe.com State Bar No. 16175300 Alondra G. Johnson ajohnson@potterbledsoe.com State Bar No. 24087801 316 W. 12 th Street Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 322-9992 Telephone (512) 322-0840 Fax ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
I certify that on June 26, 2015, my office conferred with Jennifer Powell via email,
and she does not oppose Appellee’s Motion to Extend Time to File Response to
Appellant’s Motion to Stay .
/s/ Gary L. Bledsoe Gary Bledsoe *4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document was
served on counsel on this 26th day of June 2015, through the Court’s electronic filing
system and by electronic mail to the following addresses:
Jennifer A. Powell
Eichelbaum, Wardell, Hansen, Powell & Mehl, P.C.
4201 Parmer Lane, Suite A100
Austin, Texas 78727
512/476-9944
512/472-2599 fax
jpowell@edlaw.com
cc:nbn@edlaw.com
ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT
/s/ Gary L. Bledsoe Gary Bledsoe