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*0 FILED IN 2nd COURT OF APPEALS FORT WORTH, TEXAS 12/21/2017 2:55:54 PM DEBRA SPISAK Clerk *1 ACCEPTED 02-17-00413-CV SECOND COURT OF APPEALS FORT WORTH, TEXAS 12/21/2017 2:55 PM DEBRA SPISAK CLERK

No. 02-17-00413-CV

City of Fort Worth, Texas, * In the Court of Appeals

Appellant *

vs. * Second District of Texas

Mary Deal, *

Appellee * Fort Worth, Texas

APPELLEE'S UNOPPOSED FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

TO FILE APPELLEE'S BRIEF

Appellant City of Fort Worth, Texas, filed its brief in this accelerated

appeal on December 20, 2017. Under TRAP Rule 38.6, the brief of Appellee

Mary Deal is due to be filed by January 9, 2018. In accord with TRAP Rule

10.5(b)(1) and the Internal Operating Procedures of this Court, Appellee

requests the Court to grant a 20-day extension of the deadline for filing her

brief, until January 29, 2018. This extension is requested in part because

Appellee's counsel (the undersigned) has various other obligations and

plans during the upcoming holidays, ending January 2, 2018. Further, as a

solo practitioner handling a case in an area of the law previously unfamiliar

to him, Appellee's counsel needs additional time to assure a thorough yet

succinct response to Appellant's just-filed brief. Appellee has not received

any previous extensions of her briefing deadline, and Appellant does not

oppose Appellee's request.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Joe Riddell

Joe Riddell

Texas Bar No. 16886500

PO Box 41898

Austin, Texas 78704

email: joeriddell@aol.com

phone: 512-663-4669

fax: none

Attorney for Appellee, Mary Deal

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

By my signature below, I, Joe Riddell, counsel for Appellee, certify that on

December 20, 2017, I conferred with Laetitia Brown, counsel for Appellant,

regarding the 20-day extension requested in this Motion, and she does not

oppose it.

/s/ Joe Riddell

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

By my signature below, I, Joe Riddell, counsel for Appellee, certify that I

am serving the foregoing APPELLEE'S UNOPPOSED FIRST MOTION FOR

EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLEE'S BRIEF by emailing it via the

efile.txcourts portal to Laetitia Brown, counsel for Appellant, at

laetitia.brown@fortworthtexas.gov on December 21, 2017.

/s/ Joe Riddell