Aaron v. Bishop Ronald J. Booker Richard Burns Albert Cortez, Jr. Eric De Los Santos Jovita Lopez Aurelio Martinez Norris McKenzie Tomas Montez Henry D. Moreno Ricardo Pelayo Jesse Prado Oscar Ramirez James Stanesic Lester Vanzura v. the City of Austin

Opinion

ACCEPTED

03-16-00580-CV

13905880

THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS

11/21/2016 2:19:16 PM

JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERK

No. 03-16-00580-CV No. 03-16-00607-CV

FILED IN

3rd COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS

11/21/2016 2:19:16 PM

In the Third Court of Appeals JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk

Austin, Texas

AARON BISHOP, ALBERT CORTEZ, JR., AURELIO MARTINEZ, TOMAS MONTEZ, RICARDO PELAYO, RODERICK WESLEY, RONALD BOOKER, ERIC DELOSSANTOS, JOVITA LOPEZ, NORRIS MCKENZIE, OSCAR RAMIREZ, MONROE YARBROUGH, RICHARD BURNS, HENRY MORENO, JESSE PRADO, ET AL. Plaintiffs – Appellants

v.

THE CITY OF AUSTIN Defendant - Appellee

Appeal from Cause No. D-1-GN-14-002459 345th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas

UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE BRIEF OF APPELLANTS

Mark Crampton State Bar No. 00789786 CRAMPTON LAW OFFICE 3355 BEE CAVES ROAD, SUITE 301-B Austin, Texas 78746 (512) 892-9300 (512) 891-0262 (fax) mark@cloatx.com COUNSEL FOR APPELLANTS

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS:

Appellants, AARON BISHOP, ALBERT CORTEZ, JR., AURELIO

MARTINEZ, TOMAS MONTEZ, RICARDO PELAYO, RODERICK WESLEY,

RONALD BOOKER, ERIC DELOSSANTOS, JOVITA LOPEZ, NORRIS

MCKENZIE, OSCAR RAMIREZ, MONROE YARBROUGH, RICHARD

BURNS, HENRY MORENO, JESSE PRADO, ET AL., file this Unopposed

Motion to Extend Time to File Appellants’ Brief and respectfully show:

1. Appellants, AARON BISHOP, ALBERT CORTEZ, JR., AURELIO

MARTINEZ, TOMAS MONTEZ, RICARDO PELAYO, RODERICK WESLEY,

RONALD BOOKER, ERIC DELOSSANTOS, JOVITA LOPEZ, NORRIS

MCKENZIE, OSCAR RAMIREZ, MONROE YARBROUGH, RICHARD

BURNS, HENRY MORENO, JESSE PRADO, ET AL. (“Appellants”) ask the

Court to extend the time to file their brief. Appellants’ deadline for filing its brief

is November 28, 2016. The parties previously submitted a Stipulation that extends

the deadline to file Appellants’ Brief (No. 03-16-00580-CV) to January 2, 2017.

2. This motion is filed before the date the brief is due. See Tex. R. App. Proc.

38.6(d).

3. Appellee agrees to this extension and do not oppose this motion.

4. The Court has authority under the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure

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

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5. Appellants request an additional thirty five (35) days to file their brief,

extending the time until January 2, 2017.

6. This is Appellants’ first request for an extension.

7. Appellants need additional time to file their brief because (a) the number if

Plaintiffs; (b) the complexity of the issues; (c) the voluminous size of the Clerk’s

Record; and (d) the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

8. For the reasons stated above, Appellants ask the Court to grant an extension

of time in which to file its brief until January 2, 2017.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,

By: /s/ Mark Crampton

Mark Crampton State Bar No. 00789786 CRAMPTON LAW OFFICE 3355 Bee Caves Road, Suite 301-B Austin, Texas 78746 (512) 892-9300 (512) 891-0262 (fax) mark@cloatx.com

COUNSEL FOR APPELLANTS/PLAINTIFFS AND CROSS- APPELLEE/PLAINTIFF BAKER

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE Pursuant to TEX. R. APP. PROC. 10.5, I certify that I conferred with counsel for Appellee, Lynn E. Carter, who advised she is unopposed to the filing of this motion and the extension of time to file Appellants’ Brief requested herein.

/s/ Mark Crampton

Mark Crampton

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I served a copy of this notice on counsel of record electronically, in accordance with the Court’s rules on electronic filing, on November 21, 2016, as listed below:

Via E-Service to: Lynn E. Carter Lynn.carter@austintexas.gov Michael Siegel Michael.siegel@austintexas.gov City of Austin-Law Department P. O. Box 1546 Austin, Texas 78767-1546

/s/ Mark Crampton

Mark Crampton