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*0 FILED IN 2nd COURT OF APPEALS FORT WORTH, TEXAS 12/21/2017 9:01:44 AM DEBRA SPISAK Clerk *1 ACCEPTED 02-17-00400-CV SECOND COURT OF APPEALS FORT WORTH, TEXAS 12/21/2017 9:01 AM DEBRA SPISAK CLERK Cause No. 02-17-00400-CV IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND JUDICAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS at Fort Worth, Texas _________________________________________________ Denton Central Appraisal District, Appellant, v.
Richard Scott Gladden, Appellee.
_________________________________________________ Appealed from the 393 rd Judicial District Court of Denton County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 2013-94487-393 The Honorable Douglas M. Robison, Presiding Judge ___________________________________________________________
FIRST UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME FOR FILING APPELLANT, DENTON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT’S, BRIEF
TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:
Pursuant to Rules 10.5(b) and 38.6(d) of the Texas Rules of Appellate
Procedure, the Appellant, Denton Central Appraisal District, moves this Court for
a thirty (30) day extension of time to file its Appellee’s Brief, and respectfully
states as follows:
I. INTRODUCTION AND SUPPORT FOR MOTION 1. Appellant is Denton Central Appraisal District; Appellee is Richard Scott
Gladden.
2. The Appellant’s brief is currently due on, or before, January 15, 2018.
4. The Appellant needs additional time to file its brief because of its counsel’s
prior work obligations, motion practice, administrative matters, vacation
schedule and various settings throughout Texas. More specifically, counsel
for the Denton Central Appraisal District has a brief currently due in the San
Antonio Court of Appeals on January 11, 2018, and is scheduled to take
vacation during the upcoming holidays.
5. Therefore, the Appellant, Denton Central Appraisal District, seeks a thirty
(30) day extension of time to file its Appellant’s Brief, which, if granted,
would make the Briefing due on or before Wednesday, February 14,
2018.
7. This is the Appellant’s first request and motion for an extension of time in
this matter.
8. The requested extension of time is necessary to allow Appellant’s counsel
sufficient time to prepare the brief and satisfy other pre-existing obligations.
9. Pro-se Appellee does not oppose this motion.
10. This extension is not being sought for purposes of delay, but so the issues
involved in this case may be properly briefed and presented to this Court.
II. CONCLUSION & PRAYER 11. For these reasons, the Appellant, Denton Central Appraisal District,
respectfully requests that this Court grant this, its First Unopposed Motion to
Extend Time for Filing its Appellant’s Brief and extend the deadline for
timely filing said Brief from Monday, January 15, 2018 to Wednesday,
February 14, 2018.
Respectfully submitted, /s/ Texas Bar Number: 00797689 PERDUE, BRANDON, FIELDER, COLLINS & MOTT, L.L.P. 3301 Northland Dr., Suite 505 Austin, Texas 78731 Telephone: (512) 302-0190 Facsimile: (512) 323-6963 email: dwood@pbfcm.com A TTORNEY FOR A PPELLANT , D ENTON C ENTRAL A PPRAISAL D ISTRICT *4 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 10.1(a)(5), the undersigned confirms that Mr.
Richard Scott Gladden, Appellee pro-se, was conferred with regarding the merits
of Appellant’s First Unopposed Motion to Extend Time for Filing Appellant,
Denton Central Appraisal District’s, Brief , and he is unopposed.
/s/ *5 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE This is to certify that pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 6.3, 9.5, Tex. R. Civ. P. 21
and 21a, on the 21 st day of December 2017, a true and correct copy of the
foregoing First Unopposed Motion to Extend Time for Filing Appellant, Denton
Central Appraisal District’s, Brief was served upon Appellee, via e-service on the
same date.
Mr. Richard Scott Gladden
1200 W. University Dr., Ste. 100
Denton, Texas 76201
email: richscot1@hotmail.com
Appellee, pro-se
/s/