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01-14-00990-CV
FIRST COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
3/2/2015 4:10:03 PM
CHRISTOPHER PRINE
CLERK
NO. 01-14-00990-CV
FILED IN
IN THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS 1st COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
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3/2/2015 4:10:03 PM
MANFRED FINK, Appellant CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
Clerk
V.
JOANN D. ANDERSON, ET. AL., Appellees
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On Appeal from the 152nd Judicial District Court, Houston Texas
Cause No. 2014-22740
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APPELLANT’S SECOND UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF
TIME TO FILE OPENING BRIEF
TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES:
Comes now, Manfred Fink, by and through his counsel of record, and files
this his Second Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Opening Brief,
and in support thereof would respectfully show the Court as follows:
Appellant’s brief is currently due on March 3, 2015. Counsel seeks a 30-day
extension of time until April 2, 2015. This Court has granted one previous 2-week
extension. Counsel for Appellees have stated to Appellant’s counsel that they are
not opposed to this motion.
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Counsel seeks additional time to prepare the brief in order to balance other
deadlines and matters requiring urgent attention. This motion is not made for
purposes of delay, and no party will be prejudiced by the grant of this extension.
Respectfully submitted,
KEN PAXTON
Attorney General of Texas
CHARLES E. ROY
First Assistant Attorney General
JAMES E. DAVIS
Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation
ROBERT O’KEEFE
Division Chief
Financial Litigation, Tax, and Charitable Trusts Division
/s/ H. Melissa Mather____________________________
H. Melissa Mather
State Bar No. 240102216
Assistant Attorney General
Financial Litigation, Tax, and Charitable Trusts Division
P.O. Box 12548
Austin, TX 78711-2548
(512) 475-2540 - Telephone
(512) 477-2348 – Fax
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Appellant’s
Second Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Opening Brief was served
on March 2, 2015, to the following counsel of record, by e-service and/or fax:
Wade T. Howard Andrew R. Harvin
Michael P. Cash Peter Wells
Alma F. Gomez DOYLE, RESTREPO, HARVIN & ROBBINS
LISKOW & LEWIS The Lyric Centre
1001 Fannin St., Ste. 1800 449 Louisiana, Ste. 2300
Houston, TX 77002 Houston, TX 77002
wthoward@liskow.com aharvin@drhrlaw.com
mpcash@liskow.com pwells@drhrlaw.com
afgomez@liskow.com
Tim McDaniel William B. Mateja
MCDANIEL HOHLT, PC FISH & RICHARDSON, PC
Two Greenway Plaza, Ste. 1030 1717 Main St., Ste. 5000
Houston, TX 77046 Dallas, TX 75201
tmcdaniel@mcdanielfirm.com mateja@fr.com
Arnold Anderson Vickery Paul D. Flack
Fred H. Sheperd PRATT & FLACK, LLP
THE VICKERY LAW FIRM 1331 Lamar St.
Park Laureate Bldg. Four Houston Center, Ste. 1250
10000 Memorial Dr., Ste. 750 Houston, TX
Houston, TX 77024 pflack@prattflack.com
andy@justiceseekers.com
fred@justiceseekers.com
/s/ H. Melissa Mather_______________
H. Melissa Mather
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