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*0 FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 9/2/2015 11:07:19 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk No. 03-15-00083-CV THIRD COURT OF APPEALS 9/2/2015 11:07:19 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE AUSTIN, TEXAS 03-15-00083-CV *1 ACCEPTED ^[6760110] CLERK

_______________ In the Court of Appeals

Third District of Texas

Austin, Texas _______________ C RAIG A. W ASHINGTON ,

A PPELLANT V.

C OMMISSION FOR L AWYER D ISCIPLINE ,

A PPELLEE _______________ Appealed from the 335 District Court

Of Bastrop County, Texas

Honorable George Gallagher, Judge Presiding

_______________ A PPELLEE ’ S U NOPPOSED F IRST M OTION

F OR E XTENSION OF T IME TO F ILE B RIEF

_______________ L INDA A CEVEDO C HIEF D ISCIPLINARY OUNSEL ENIOR PPELLATE OUNSEL AURA B AYOUTH P OPPS O FFICE OF THE HIEF D ISCIPLINARY EPUTY OUNSEL FOR DMINISTRATION OUNSEL

STATE BAR OF TEXAS P.O. OX 12487 USTIN , EXAS 78711-2487 512.427.1350; 1.877.953.5535 AX : 512.427.4167 *2 No. 03-15-00083-CV

_______________ In the Court of Appeals

Third District of Texas

Austin, Texas _______________ RAIG W ASHINGTON , PPELLANT V. OMMISSION FOR AWYER ISCIPLINE , PPELLEE

_______________ Appealed from the 335 District Court

Of Bastrop County, Texas

Honorable George Gallagher, Judge Presiding

_______________ PPELLEE ’ S U NOPPOSED F IRST M OTION OR E XTENSION OF IME TO F ILE RIEF _______________

Appellee, the Commission for Lawyer Discipline, asks the Court, pursuant

to Rule 38.6(d) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, for an extension of time

of thirty (30) days to file Appellee’s brief.

I.

This is an appeal from a Final Judgment entered on January 8, 2015, against

Appellant, Craig A. Washington, in Cause No. 29,123, styled Commission for

Lawyer Discipline v. Craig A. Washington , in the 335 Judicial District Court of

Bastrop County, Texas.

II.

Appellant timely perfected his appeal. The clerk’s record was filed on May

8, 2015, and supplemental clerk’s records were filed on June 2, 2015 and July 9,

2015. The reporter’s record was filed on May 15, 2015. Appellant filed his brief

on August 17, 2015.

III.

This is Appellee's first request for an extension of time to file its brief.

Appellee’s brief is originally due to be filed on September 16, 2015. Appellee

requests an additional thirty (30) days to file the brief, to and including October

16, 2015 . Appellee’s counsel, the undersigned attorney, needs additional time to

file the brief for the following reasons:

The undersigned has been out of the office unexpectedly due to the

emergency surgery and hospitalization of her mother, for whom the

undersigned is the primary caretaker;

The undersigned will be out of the office at a conference from September 9-

11, 2015;

The undersigned is set to present oral argument on September 16, 2015, in

John Doe v. Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas, et al , before the

Third Court of Appeals (No. 03-15-00007-CV); and

The undersigned has a previously extended briefing deadline of September

28, 2015, in Charles Septowski v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline , before

the Board of Disciplinary Appeals (BODA No. 55901).

IV.

For these reasons, Appellee prays that this Court grant Appellee’s motion in

this cause for thirty (30) days until October 16, 2015 .

R ESPECTFULLY S UBMITTED : L INDA A CEVEDO C HIEF D ISCIPLINARY C OUNSEL AURA B AYOUTH P OPPS D EPUTY C OUNSEL FOR A DMINISTRATION C YNTHIA C ANFIELD H AMILTON S ENIOR PPELLATE OUNSEL O FFICE OF THE HIEF ISCIPLINARY OUNSEL P.O. B OX 12487 USTIN , T EXAS 78711-2487 512.427.1350; 1.877.953.5535 AX : 512.427.4167 /s/ Cynthia Canfield Hamilton S ENIOR PPELLATE OUNSEL S TATE B AR OF EXAS cynthia.hamilton@texasbar.com TATE AR ARD N O . 00790419 ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE ERTIFICATE OF ONFERENCE This is to certify that Appellant’s attorney, Mr. John MacVane, indicated that

Appellant does not oppose the requested extension.

/s/ Cynthia Canfield Hamilton YNTHIA ANFIELD H AMILTON ERTIFICATE OF ERVICE This is to certify that the foregoing Unopposed First Motion for Extension of Time

to File Brief has been served on Appellant, Mr. Craig A. Washington, by and

through his attorneys of record Mr. Michael A. Stafford, Ms. Katherine David, and

Mr. John MacVane, Gardere, Wynne Sewell LLP, 1000 Louisiana, Suite 3400,

Houston, Texas 77002-5011, through this Court’s electronic filing service provider

on the 2 nd day of September 2015.

/s/ Cynthia Canfield Hamilton