ACCEPTED 04-14-00527-CV FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 1/13/2015 4:09:00 PM KEITH HOTTLE CLERK
NO. 04-14-00527-CV __________________________________________________________________ FILED IN IN THE FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS 4th COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 01/13/2015 4:09:00 PM __________________________________________________________________ KEITH E. HOTTLE Clerk ANNA MARIA SALINAS SAENZ, ET AL., Appellants,
v.
THORP PETROLEUM CORP., ET AL., Appellees __________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the 229th District Court of Starr County, Texas No. DC-04-120, Hon. Ana Lisa Garza, Presiding __________________________________________________________________ APPELLEES’ UNOPPOSED JOINT MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLEES’ BRIEFS SCOTT, DOUGLASS, & JONES GILL LLP MCCONNICO, L.L.P. Lee S. Gill Mark W. Hanna State Bar No. 07921360 State Bar No. 24051764 info@jonesgill.com mhanna@scottdoug.com 6363 Woodway, Suite 1100 Kennon L. Wooten Houston, Texas 77057 State Bar No. 24046624 (713) 652-4068 Telephone kwooten@scottdoug.com (713) 651-0716 Facsimile 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 1500 Austin, Texas 78701-2589 Attorney for Appellees Thorp (512) 495-6300 Telephone Petroleum Corporation, El Paso (512) 474-0731 Facsimile Production Company; El Paso E&P Company, LP; El Paso Exploration & Production Management, Inc.; Attorneys for Appellee Stanco Land Management, LLC, and Smith Production Inc. Meredith Land & Minerals Company
January 13, 2015
1173696 TO THE HONORABLE FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS:
Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 10.5(b), Appellees Smith
Production Inc. (“Smith Production”) and Thorp Petroleum Corporation, El Paso
Production Company; El Paso E&P Company, LP; El Paso Exploration &
Production Management, Inc.; Stanco Land Management, LLC; and Meredith
Land & Minerals Company (together “Thorp et al.” and collectively with Smith
Production, “Appellees”) file this Unopposed Joint Motion for Extension of Time
to File Appellees’ Briefs, seeking an additional thirty (30) days to file their
appellate briefs. In support of this Motion, Appellees respectfully show the Court
the following:
A. The Current Deadline
Appellants timely filed their brief on December 17, 2014, after receiving two
thirty-day extensions of their briefing deadline. As a result, Appellees’ brief is
currently due on Friday, January 16, 2015. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(b).
B. The Length of Extension Sought
Pursuant to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 10.5(b) and 38.6(d),
Appellees seek thirty (30) additional days in which to file their appellate briefs.
Specifically, Appellees seek to change their deadline from January 16, 2015 to
2 1173696 February 17, 2015.1 Appellees seek this extension so that justice may be done in
this appeal, not for improper delay. Appellants do not oppose this extension.
C. Number of Previous Extensions Granted
This is the first extension that Appellees have requested in this appeal.
D. Facts Explaining the Extension Sought
Appellees seek this extension in order to be on the same briefing schedule
that the Balderas defendants have sought in this appeal.2 Furthermore, Smith
Production seeks an extension of time in which to file its appellate brief because its
lead appellate counsel, Kennon L. Wooten, has had several scheduling demands
between the date that Appellants filed their brief and Smith Production’s current
appellate-brief deadline. These scheduling demands include the following:
• Written discovery, document production, and summary judgment motions in Lower Colorado River Authority v. City of Kerrville, Acting by and Through Kerrville Public Utility Board, Cause No. 12-1001-B in the 198th Judicial District Court of Kerr County, Texas;
• Assistance with dismissal of appeals in and nonsuit of Lower Colorado River Authority v. City of Boerne, Texas, Cause No. D-1-GN-12-502 in the 216th Judicial District Court of Kendall County, Texas, and Lower Colorado
1 If the requested extension is granted, the new deadline will fall on a Sunday. The following Monday—February 16, 2015—is President’s Day, a holiday on which the Court will be closed. 2 Rosalinda Salinas Balderas, Fausto Salinas, Elda Salinas Ponce, D-Fox, Ltd., Elodia Salinas, Linda Mandes, Veronica Casas Campbell, and Cynthia M. Villarreal, f/k/a Cindy Casas Reyna (together the “Balderas defendants”) recently requested an extension of time of thirty (30) days in which to file their appellate brief. Like the request herein, the Balderas defendants’ request was unopposed. If the Court grants the Balderas defendants’ request, the extended briefing deadline that Appellees seek herein will match the Balderas defendants’ new briefing deadline. 3 1173696 River Authority v. City of Seguin, Texas, Cause No. D-1-GN-13-000433 in the 53rd Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas;
• Written discovery in Compensation Sciences Enterprises, Ltd. d/b/a/ CSINadler Partners, Inc. v. D. Douglas Brothers, et al., Cause No. D-1-GN- 14-004203 in the 200th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas; and
• Preparation of divorce decrees and parenting plans in two pro bono family- law matters—In the Matter of the Marriage of Jeannie Rodriguez and Casey Barrera and in the Interest of R. N. R. B., Cause No. D-1-AG-10-001954, in the 200th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas, and In the Matter of the Marriage of Cara Michele Wheeler-Najomo and George Onigite Najomo, and In the Interest of Mya Ajiroghene Najomo, a Child, Cause No. D-1-FM-13-005684 in the 250th Judicial District; in Travis County, Texas.
In addition, Thorp et al. seek an extension of time in which to file their
appellate brief because their counsel, Lee Gill, has had several scheduling demands
between the date that Appellants filed their brief and Thorp et al.’s current
appellate-brief deadline. These scheduling demands include the following:
• Written discovery, document production, and summary judgment motions in Jane Guinn Revocable Trust et al vs. Warbonnet Exploration Co. et al, Cause No. 30776, 149th District Court, Brazoria County, Texas; and
• Written discovery, document production, and summary judgment motions in Underground Services Marham, LLC v. Robert Myers et al, Cause No. 13-E- 0218, 130th District Court, Matagorda County, Texas.
The scheduling demands listed above have made it impossible for Appellees
to complete their briefs by their current deadline. This case has not been set for
submission, so this extension will not delay the ultimate resolution of this appeal.
WHEREFORE, Appellees request respectfully that this Court grant this
unopposed Motion and extend their appellate-brief deadline to February 17, 2015. 4 1173696 Respectfully submitted,
SCOTT, DOUGLASS, & MCCONNICO, L.L.P. 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 1500 Austin, Texas 78701-2589 (512) 495-6300 (512) 474-0731 Fax
By: /s/ Kennon L. Wooten Mark W. Hanna State Bar No. 24051764 mhanna@scottdoug.com Kennon L. Wooten State Bar No. 24046624 kwooten@scottdoug.com
ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE SMITH PRODUCTION INC.
JONES GILL LLP 6363 Woodway, Suite 1100 Houston, Texas 77057 (713) 652-4068 (713) 651-0716 Fax
By: /s/ Lee S. Gill Lee S. Gill State Bar No. 07921360 info@jonesgill.com
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ACCEPTED 04-14-00527-CV FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 1/13/2015 4:09:00 PM KEITH HOTTLE CLERK
NO. 04-14-00527-CV __________________________________________________________________ FILED IN IN THE FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS 4th COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 01/13/2015 4:09:00 PM __________________________________________________________________ KEITH E. HOTTLE Clerk ANNA MARIA SALINAS SAENZ, ET AL., Appellants,
v.
THORP PETROLEUM CORP., ET AL., Appellees __________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the 229th District Court of Starr County, Texas No. DC-04-120, Hon. Ana Lisa Garza, Presiding __________________________________________________________________ APPELLEES’ UNOPPOSED JOINT MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLEES’ BRIEFS SCOTT, DOUGLASS, & JONES GILL LLP MCCONNICO, L.L.P. Lee S. Gill Mark W. Hanna State Bar No. 07921360 State Bar No. 24051764 info@jonesgill.com mhanna@scottdoug.com 6363 Woodway, Suite 1100 Kennon L. Wooten Houston, Texas 77057 State Bar No. 24046624 (713) 652-4068 Telephone kwooten@scottdoug.com (713) 651-0716 Facsimile 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 1500 Austin, Texas 78701-2589 Attorney for Appellees Thorp (512) 495-6300 Telephone Petroleum Corporation, El Paso (512) 474-0731 Facsimile Production Company; El Paso E&P Company, LP; El Paso Exploration & Production Management, Inc.; Attorneys for Appellee Stanco Land Management, LLC, and Smith Production Inc. Meredith Land & Minerals Company
January 13, 2015
1173696 TO THE HONORABLE FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS:
Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 10.5(b), Appellees Smith
Production Inc. (“Smith Production”) and Thorp Petroleum Corporation, El Paso
Production Company; El Paso E&P Company, LP; El Paso Exploration &
Production Management, Inc.; Stanco Land Management, LLC; and Meredith
Land & Minerals Company (together “Thorp et al.” and collectively with Smith
Production, “Appellees”) file this Unopposed Joint Motion for Extension of Time
to File Appellees’ Briefs, seeking an additional thirty (30) days to file their
appellate briefs. In support of this Motion, Appellees respectfully show the Court
the following:
A. The Current Deadline
Appellants timely filed their brief on December 17, 2014, after receiving two
thirty-day extensions of their briefing deadline. As a result, Appellees’ brief is
currently due on Friday, January 16, 2015. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(b).
B. The Length of Extension Sought
Pursuant to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 10.5(b) and 38.6(d),
Appellees seek thirty (30) additional days in which to file their appellate briefs.
Specifically, Appellees seek to change their deadline from January 16, 2015 to
2 1173696 February 17, 2015.1 Appellees seek this extension so that justice may be done in
this appeal, not for improper delay. Appellants do not oppose this extension.
C. Number of Previous Extensions Granted
This is the first extension that Appellees have requested in this appeal.
D. Facts Explaining the Extension Sought
Appellees seek this extension in order to be on the same briefing schedule
that the Balderas defendants have sought in this appeal.2 Furthermore, Smith
Production seeks an extension of time in which to file its appellate brief because its
lead appellate counsel, Kennon L. Wooten, has had several scheduling demands
between the date that Appellants filed their brief and Smith Production’s current
appellate-brief deadline. These scheduling demands include the following:
• Written discovery, document production, and summary judgment motions in Lower Colorado River Authority v. City of Kerrville, Acting by and Through Kerrville Public Utility Board, Cause No. 12-1001-B in the 198th Judicial District Court of Kerr County, Texas;
• Assistance with dismissal of appeals in and nonsuit of Lower Colorado River Authority v. City of Boerne, Texas, Cause No. D-1-GN-12-502 in the 216th Judicial District Court of Kendall County, Texas, and Lower Colorado
1 If the requested extension is granted, the new deadline will fall on a Sunday. The following Monday—February 16, 2015—is President’s Day, a holiday on which the Court will be closed. 2 Rosalinda Salinas Balderas, Fausto Salinas, Elda Salinas Ponce, D-Fox, Ltd., Elodia Salinas, Linda Mandes, Veronica Casas Campbell, and Cynthia M. Villarreal, f/k/a Cindy Casas Reyna (together the “Balderas defendants”) recently requested an extension of time of thirty (30) days in which to file their appellate brief. Like the request herein, the Balderas defendants’ request was unopposed. If the Court grants the Balderas defendants’ request, the extended briefing deadline that Appellees seek herein will match the Balderas defendants’ new briefing deadline. 3 1173696 River Authority v. City of Seguin, Texas, Cause No. D-1-GN-13-000433 in the 53rd Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas;
• Written discovery in Compensation Sciences Enterprises, Ltd. d/b/a/ CSINadler Partners, Inc. v. D. Douglas Brothers, et al., Cause No. D-1-GN- 14-004203 in the 200th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas; and
• Preparation of divorce decrees and parenting plans in two pro bono family- law matters—In the Matter of the Marriage of Jeannie Rodriguez and Casey Barrera and in the Interest of R. N. R. B., Cause No. D-1-AG-10-001954, in the 200th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas, and In the Matter of the Marriage of Cara Michele Wheeler-Najomo and George Onigite Najomo, and In the Interest of Mya Ajiroghene Najomo, a Child, Cause No. D-1-FM-13-005684 in the 250th Judicial District; in Travis County, Texas.
In addition, Thorp et al. seek an extension of time in which to file their
appellate brief because their counsel, Lee Gill, has had several scheduling demands
between the date that Appellants filed their brief and Thorp et al.’s current
appellate-brief deadline. These scheduling demands include the following:
• Written discovery, document production, and summary judgment motions in Jane Guinn Revocable Trust et al vs. Warbonnet Exploration Co. et al, Cause No. 30776, 149th District Court, Brazoria County, Texas; and
• Written discovery, document production, and summary judgment motions in Underground Services Marham, LLC v. Robert Myers et al, Cause No. 13-E- 0218, 130th District Court, Matagorda County, Texas.
The scheduling demands listed above have made it impossible for Appellees
to complete their briefs by their current deadline. This case has not been set for
submission, so this extension will not delay the ultimate resolution of this appeal.
WHEREFORE, Appellees request respectfully that this Court grant this
unopposed Motion and extend their appellate-brief deadline to February 17, 2015. 4 1173696 Respectfully submitted,
SCOTT, DOUGLASS, & MCCONNICO, L.L.P. 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 1500 Austin, Texas 78701-2589 (512) 495-6300 (512) 474-0731 Fax
By: /s/ Kennon L. Wooten Mark W. Hanna State Bar No. 24051764 mhanna@scottdoug.com Kennon L. Wooten State Bar No. 24046624 kwooten@scottdoug.com
ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE SMITH PRODUCTION INC.
JONES GILL LLP 6363 Woodway, Suite 1100 Houston, Texas 77057 (713) 652-4068 (713) 651-0716 Fax
By: /s/ Lee S. Gill Lee S. Gill State Bar No. 07921360 info@jonesgill.com
ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEES THORP PETROLEUM CORPORATION, EL PASO PRODUCTION COMPANY; EL PASO E&P COMPANY, LP; EL PASO EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT, INC.; STANCO LAND MANAGEMENT, LLC, AND MEREDITH LAND & MINERALS COMPANY 5 1173696 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE I certify that, on January 9, 2015, Appellants’ counsel David George informed Lee Gill and me via email that Appellants do not oppose the relief sought through this motion.
/s/ Kennon L. Wooten Kennon L. Wooten
6 1173696 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been served on all counsel of record on January, 13, 2015, as indicated below:
Via electronic service Roger S. Braugh, Jr. SICO, WHITE, HOELSCHER, HARRIS & BRAUGH, LLP 900 Frost Bank Blaza 802 N. Carancahua Corpus Christi, TX 78470 rbraugh@swbtrial.com
David George CONNELLY BAKER WOTRING, LLP 700 JPMorgan Chase Tower 600 Travis Street Houston, TX 77002 dgeorge@connellybaker.com
and
John T. Flood Flood & Flood 802 N. Carancahua, Suite 900 Corpus Christi, Texas 78401 john@floodandflood.com Attorneys for Appellants Anna Maria Salinas Saenz, et al.
Via Facsimile: 956-687-6125 Rolando Cantu LAW FIRM OF ROLANDO CANTU, P.C. 4428 S. McColl Edinburg, TX 78539 Attorney for Alicia Salinas
7 1173696 Via electronic service Jose Luis Flores ATTORNEY AT LAW 1111 W. Nolana McAllen, TX 78504 joe@jlfloreslawfirm.com Attorney for Eleodora Salinas Del Real, Dalia Salinas and Jose Manuel Flores
Via electronic service J. Joseph Vale O.C. Hamilton, Jr. ATLAS & HALL, L.L.P. P.O. Drawer 3725 McAllen, TX 78502 jvale@atlashall.com och@atlashall.com Attorneys for Luisa M. Ruiz, Norberto Salinas, Fausto Salinas, Rosalinda Salinas Balderas, Linda Mandes, Ricardo L. Salinas, Veronica Casas Campbell, Elda Salinas Ponce, Cindy Casas Reyna, Thelma Salinas, Elodia Salinas, D-FOX, Ltd., and Cynthia M. Villarreal, f/k/a Cindy Casas Reyna
Via electronic service Juan J. Hinojosa LAW OFFICES OF JUAN J. HINOJOSA 612 W. Nolana Loop, Suite 410 McAllen, TX 78504 jjhinojosa@bizrgv.rr.com Attorney for Arturo Salinas
Via electronic service C. Frank Wood Sanchez, Whittington, Zabarte & Wood, L.L.C. 3505 Boca Chica Blvd., Suite 100 Brownsville, TX 78521 fwood@swjz.com Attorney for Ruben Garcia, et al.
8 1173696 Via electronic service Daniel Robles ATTORNEY AT LAW Westoria Building, 1st Floor 420 S. “F” Street Harlingen, Texas 78550 noemi@dan-robles.com Attorney for Oscar Garcia, Jr.
Via electronic service Ricardo L. Salinas SALINAS/FLORES 2011 N. Conway Mission, Texas 78572 rsalinaslaw@yahoo.com Attorney for Ricardo Salinas
Via electronic service Rene A. Flores THE LAW OFFICE OF RENE A. FLORES 2724 W. Canton Road Edinburg, Texas 78539 rene.flores@yahoo.com Attorney for Alida Salinas Hernandez, Arnaldo Salinas, Alma Salinas Munoz, Adelaida Salinas, Aida Salinas Flores, Guadalupe Salinas, Maria Ester Salinas Cantu, and Maria del Carmen Zamora
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