# Angela Brooks-Brown v. USAA Texas Lloyd's Company > Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin) · September 22, 2015 URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4073407 ## Case - **Court:** Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin) - **Decided:** September 22, 2015 - **Precedential status:** Published - **Opinion:** Opinion - **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library ## Citator (automated) - No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases. - Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4073407 ## Opinion text ACCEPTED 03-15-00451-CV 7040244 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 9/22/2015 3:11:22 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK NO.  03-­‐‑15-­‐‑00451-­‐‑CV FILED IN ANGELA  BROOKS-­‐‑BROWN     §                     3rd IN  THE  THIRD COURT OF APPEALS §   AUSTIN, TEXAS 9/22/2015 3:11:22 PM v.               §                        COURT  OF  APPEALS   JEFFREY D. KYLE §   Clerk USAA  TEXAS  LLOYD’S  COMPANY   §       AUSTIN,  TEXAS APPELLANT’S  MOTION  TO  EXTEND  TIME  TO  FILE  BRIEF Appellant  asks  the  Court  to  extend  the  time  to  file  her  brief. A.    INTRODUCTION 1.   Appellant   is   Angela   Brooks-­‐‑Brown;   Appellee   is   USAA   Texas Lloyd’s  Company. 2.   There  is  no  specific  deadline  to  file  this  motion  to  extend  time.    See Tex.  R.  App.  P.  38(d). B.    ARGUMENT  &  AUTHORITIES 3.   Appellant’s  brief  is  due  on  September  22,  2015. 4.   Appellant  requests  an  additional  25  days  to  file  her  brief,  extending the  time  until  October  19,  2015. 5.   No  extension  has  been  granted  to  extend  the  time  to  file  appellant’s brief. Page 1 of 5 6.   Appellant  needs  additional  time  to  file  her  brief  because: a.   Counsel   for   appellant   attended   a   continuing   education   course in   Denver,   Colorado   on   September   17,   2015.     Counsel   registered   for this  course  in  early  August  2015.    As  a  prerequisite  to  attending  the course,  counsel  was  required  to  view  more  than  seven  hours  of  video material   and   was   also   required   to   pass   a   test   on   the   material. Counsel   viewed   the   video   material   and   took   the   examination   on September  14,  2015,  and  September  15,  2015.    September  11,  2015  was the   earliest   date   on   which   counsel   could   begin   viewing   the   video material.     Counsel   traveled   to   Denver,   Colorado   on   September   16, 2015.    Counsel  returned  from  Denver  on  September  18,  2015. b.   Appellee,   USAA   Texas   Lloyd’s   Company,   filed   a   motion   to dismiss  this  appeal  on  September  11,  2015.    Counsel  for  appellant  is in  the  process  of  responding  to  that  motion  and  will  file  that  response no   later   than   tomorrow,   September   23,   2015.     Counsel’s   attention   to appellee’s   motion   to   dismiss   has   reduced   the   time   available   to Page 2 of 5 counsel  to  draft  appellant’s  brief,  as  the  motion  to  dismiss  has  taken priority  over  the  drafting  of  appellant’s  brief. c.       Counsel   requests   a   25-­‐‑day   extension   of   time   to   file   appellant’s brief.     Counsel   has   registered   and   paid   travel   expenses,   lodging expenses  and  attendance  fees  for  a  continuing  legal  education  course in  Atlanta,  Georgia  and  counsel  will  attend  that  course  on  October  5, 2015   through   October   8,   2015.     Counsel   will   travel   to   Atlanta   on October   4,   2015   and   will   return   to   Texas   on   October   9,   2015. Therefore,  counsel  has  requested  a  25-­‐‑day  extension  to  ensure  that  he has  sufficient  time  to  draft  and  file  appellant’s  brief. C.    PRAYER 7.   For  these  reasons,  appellant  asks  the  Court  to  grant  an  extension  of time  to  file  her  brief  until  October  19,  2015. Page 3 of 5 Respectfully  Submitted, SCOTT  LAW  OFFICES 350  Pine  Street,  Suite  300 Beaumont,  Texas  77701 Telephone:  (409)  833-­‐‑5400 Facsimile:      (409)  833-­‐‑5405 /s/  Danny  Ray  Scott _________________________ Danny  Ray  Scott State  Bar  No.  24010920 Email:    Danny@scottlawyers.com SEAN  M.  PATTERSON State  Bar  No.  24073546 Email:  sean@scottlawyers.com VIRGINIA  IZAGUIRRE State  Bar  No.  24083230 Email:  virginia@scottlawyers.com Attorneys  for  Plaintiff CERTIFICATE  OF  CONFERENCE I  certify  that  I  have  attempted  to  confer  with  Lisa  Songy  via  email  on September  22,  2015.    At  the  time  of  my  filing  of  this  motion,  Ms.  Songy  had not   yet   responded   to   my   email.     If   Ms.   Songy   communicates   her   non-­‐‑ opposition  to  my  filing  of  this  motion  subsequent  to  filing,  I  will  so  inform the  court. /s/  Danny  Ray  Scott ______________________________ Danny  Ray  Scott Page 4 of 5 CERTIFICATE  OF  SERVICE I   hereby   certify   that   a   true   and   correct   copy   of   the   foregoing document  was  served  on  the  parties  listed  below  electronically  though  the court’s  electronic-­‐‑filing  manager  on  September  22,  2015: Lisa  A.  Songy TOLLEFSON  BRADLEY  MITCHELL  &  MELENDI,  LLP 2811  McKinney  Avenue,  Suite  250  West Dallas,  Texas  75204 E-­‐‑Mail  Address:  LisaS@tbmmlaw.com /s/  Danny  Ray  Scott ______________________________ Danny  Ray  Scott Page 5 of 5 --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4073407. Public record. Not legal advice.