1221 Eldridge Road, Inc. v. Life Changing Ministries and Fellowship, Inc. Eric Stephens, and Jennifer Stephens

Opinion

ACCEPTED 01-14-00893-CV FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 1/29/2015 10:48:10 AM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK

NO. 01-14-00893-CV

FILED IN 1st COURT OF APPEALS IN THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS HOUSTON, TEXAS 1/29/2015 10:48:10 AM ________________________________ CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk

Appellant, vs.

LIFE CHANGING MINISTRIES AND FELLOWSHIP, INC., ERIC STEPHENS AND JENNIFER STEPHENS, Appellees.

Appeal from County Court at Law No.1 Fort Bend County, Texas Case No. 13-CCV-050162 Honorable Ben W. Bud Childers, Judge Presiding

MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLEES’ BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE COURT:

LIFE CHANGING MINISTRIES AND FELLOWSHIP, INC., ERIC

STEPHENS, and JENNIFER STEPHENS, Appellees, files this Unopposed Motion for

Extension of Time to File Brief and would show unto the Court the following:

1. Appellant is 1221 ELDRIDGE ROAD, INC. Appellees are LIFE

CHANGING MINISTRIES AND FELLOWSHIP, INC., ERIC STEPHENS, and

1 JENNIFER STEPHENS. No rule limits the time within which to file this motion to

extend. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(d).

2. The court has the authority under Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure

38.6(d) to extend the time to file the brief.

3. Appellees’ brief is due on Wednesday, February 19, 2015.

4. Appellees request an additional thirty (30) days to file its brief, extending

the time to Friday, March 20, 2015.

5. No prior extension has been granted to extend the time to file Appellees’

brief.

6. Appellant needs additional time to file its brief because counsel for

Appellees is scheduled to be out of town from February 8, 2015 to February 14, 2015

and Appellees are scheduled to be out of town from January 27, 2015 to February 4,

2015, prohibiting counsel for Appellees to complete and finalize the brief.

7. For these reasons, Appellant asks the Court to grant an extension of time

to file its brief until Friday, March 20, 2015.

Dated: January 29, 2015.

2 Respectfully submitted,

TED A. COX, P.C.

/s/ Jennifer Fleck___________________ JENNIFER FLECK, SBN: 24029547 jennifer@tedacox.com TED A. COX, SBN: 04956480 ted@tedacox.com 1225 W. 34th Street Houston, Texas 77018 (713) 956-9400 Office (713) 956-8485 Telefax ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEES LIFE CHANGING MINISTRIES AND FELLOWSHIP, INC., ERIC STEPHENS, and JENNIFER STEPHENS

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

As required by Tex. R. App. P. 10.1(a)(5), I certify that I have conferred with Vy-Vivian Nguyen, who indicated that this motion is opposed.

/s/ Jennifer Fleck___________________ CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that, on the 29th day of January, 2015, I served a copy of this Motion by First Class, United States mail on the following:

Vy-Vivian Nguyen 15721 Park Row Drive #100 Houston, Texas 77084 713-714-0100 phone 713-714-0101 fax Email: vivian@vnguyenlaw.com Counsel for 1221 Eldrige Road, Inc., Appellate

/s/ Jennifer Fleck___________________ JENNIFER FLECK