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*0 FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 8/28/2015 11:42:37 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk NO. 03-15-00252-CV THIRD COURT OF APPEALS 8/28/2015 11:42:37 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE AUSTIN, TEXAS 03-15-00252-CV *1 ACCEPTED [6698468] CLERK In the
Third Court of Appeals Of Texas
DR. BEHZAD NAZARI, D.D.S., ET AL Appellants , V .
THE STATE OF TEXAS Appellees, V .
ACS STATE HEALTHCARE, LLC, ET AL Appellees. On appeal from the 53 rd District Court, Travis County, Texas Cause No. NO. D-1-GV-14-005380 UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE APPELLANTS’ REPLY BRIEF E. Hart Green State Bar No. 24000511 Texas Bar No. 08349290 R IGGS & R AY , P.C. W ELLER , G REEN , T OUPS & T ERRELL , L.L.P. 506 West 14th Street, Suite A Post Office Box 350 Beaumont, Texas 77704-0350 Telephone: (512) 457-9806 Telephone: (409) 838-0101 Telecopier: (512) 457-9066 Telecopier: (409) 832-8577 jray@r-alaw.com hartgr@wgttlaw.com Attorneys for Appellants Dr. Behzad Nazari, D.D.S., et al *2 TO THE HONORABLE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS:
Pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 10.5(b) and 38.6(d), Dr. Behzad Nazari, DDS, et al. v The State of Texas v ACS State Healthcare, LLC; move for an extension of time to file
their Appellants’ Reply Brief, seeking an extension of 20 days, through and until
September 21, 2015. In support of such an extension, Appellants show as follows:
A. ARGUMENT & AUTHORITIES 1. Appellants’ Reply Brief is due in this Court August 30, 2015. 2. Appellants request an additional 20 days to file their brief, extending the time to and including Monday, September 21, 2015.
3. No previous extension has been requested or granted to Appellants to extend the time to file their Reply Brief.
4. Appellants’ counsel requires additional time to file their brief because the two Appellees’ briefs raise significantly different issues to be addressed by this Court,
and Appellant will need to consolidate those issues into a single Reply Brief. In addition,
the press of other business has prevented devoting adequate time to the Reply Brief. That
intervening business includes:
a. Hearings and required re-pleading of several disputed matters in Cause No. D-1- GN-12-003576; Dr. Harold Lewis and Anthony Carpenter v. Kimberly Comstock,
Lucindarella, LLC, Medication and Assisted Recovery Services, LLC, Mars S.A., LLC,
and Maintenance and Recovery Services, Inc. in the 353 rd Judicial District of Travis
County, Texas;
b. Required updates to the bankruptcy court in: In Re Navarro Orthdontix, P.C., Case No 14-32499-bjh; In Re Navarro Orthodontix of Edinburg, PLLC, In Re Case No.
14-33804, In Re CAR & MAR Ortho PLLC, Case No. 15-31367, In Re MAN & CFN
Ortho, PLLC, Case No. 15-31368, In Re Navarro Orthodontix of Fort Worth, PLLC,
Case No.15-31369, In Re Navarro Orthodontix of Irving, PC, Case No. 15-31370, and In
Re Navarro Orthodontix of McAllen, PLLC, Case No. 15-31371.
5. The extension is not sought for the purposes of delay, but so that justice may be done.
6. This Motion to Extend Appellants’ Reply Brief is unopposed by opposing counsel for both Appellees.
B. PRAYER 7. For these reasons, Appellants ask the Court to grant an extension of time to file Appellants’ Reply Brief until September 21, 2015.
Respectfully submitted, ___________________________ Bar No. 24000511 Riggs & Ray P.C.
506 West 14th Street, Suite A Telephone: (512) 457-9806 Fax: (512) 457-9066 jray@r-alaw.com Attorney for Appellants CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE I conferred with Raymond Winter, Counsel for Appellee State of Texas, on August 26, 2015, and he does not oppose this Motion. I conferred with Eric Nichols,
counsel for Appellee ACS State Healthcare, on August 21, 2015 and he agrees with this
Motion.
____________________________ JASON RAY *5 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the Unopposed Motion to Extend to File Appellants’ Reply Brief was served via e-mail and e-service on the 28th day of
August, 2015 on the following:
Counsel for Plaintiff State of Texas Raymond C. Winter
Chief, Civil Medicaid Fraud Division
Reynolds B. Brissenden
Assistant Attorneys General
Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548
Austin, Texas 78711-2548
Telephone: (512) 936-1709
Facsimile: (512) 936-0674
E-mail: raymond.winter@texasattorneygeneral.gov
E-mail: reynolds.brissenden@texasattorneygeneral.gov
Counsel for Xerox Corporation, et al.
Robert C. Walters Eric J. R. Nichols Christopher R. Cowan
Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher, LLP
2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1100 Beck Redden, LLP
Dallas, Texas 75201 515 Congress Avenue, Suite 1750
Telephone: (214) 698-3100 Austin, Texas 78701
Facsimile: (214) 571-2900 Telephone: (512) 708-1000
E-mail: RWalters@gibsondunn.com Facsimile: (512) 708-1002
E-mail: enichols@beckredden.com W. Curt Webb E-mail: ccowan@beckredden.com
Constance H. Pfeiffer
Beck Redden, LLP
1221 McKinney Street, Suite 4500
Houston, Texas 77010
Telephone: (713) 951-3700
Facsimile: (713) 951-3720
E-mail: cwebb@beckredden.com
E-mail: cpfeiffer@beckredden.com
Counsel for Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs *6 E. Hart Green J.A. “Tony” Canales
Mitchell A. Toups CANALES & SIMONSON, P.C.
WELLER, GREEN, TOUPS & TERRELL, 2601 Morgan Ave.
L.L.P. P.O. Box 5624
Post Office Box 350 Corpus Christi, Texas 78465-5624
Beaumont, Texas 77704-0350 Telephone: (361) 883-0601
Telephone: (409) 838-0101 Facsimile: (361) 884-7023
Facsimile: (409) 832-8577 E-mail: tonycanales@canalessimonson.com
E-mail: hartgr@wgttlaw.com Counsel for M&M Orthodontics, P.A., Dr.
E-mail: matoups@wgttlaw.com Scott Malone, Dr. Diana Malone, Michelle
Counsel for Defendants Smith, National Orthodontix Mgmt., PLLC
and Dr. John Vondrak Richard B. Pecore Oscar X. Garcia
LILES PARKER, PLLC
3400 N. McColl Rd., Suite F-35 Law Offices of Oscar X. Garcia
McAllen, Texas 78501 302 Kings Highway, Suite 112
Telephone: (202) 298-9750 Brownsville, Texas 78521
Facsimile: (202) 337-5804 Telephone: (956) 554-3000
E-mail: rpecore@lilesparker.com Facsimile: (956) 554-3248
Counsel for RGV Smiles by Rocky Salinas, DDS E-mail: oxgarcia@aol.com
PA, and Dr. Rocky Salinas Counsel for Dr. Vivian Teegardin
Robert M. Anderton Philip H. Hilder
Law Offices of Hanna & Anderton William B. Graham
900 Congress Avenue, Suite 250 Hilder & Associates, PC 819 Lovett Boulevard
Telephone: (512) 477-6200 Houston, Texas 77006
Facsimile: (512) 477-1188 Telephone: (713) 234-1416
E-mail: andertonr@msn.com Facsimile: (713) 655-9112
Counsel for Richard F. Herrscher, DDS, MMSC, E-mail: philip@hilderlaw.com
PC and Dr. Richard F. Herrscher E-mail: will@hilderlaw.com Counsel for Dr. Wael Kanaan ____________________________