Anna Maria Salinas Saenz v. Thorp Petroleum Corp.

Opinion

ACCEPTED 04-14-00527-CV FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 4/1/2015 2:54:01 PM KEITH HOTTLE CLERK

No. 04-14-00527-CV In the Fourth Court of Appeals FILED IN 4th COURT OF APPEALS San Antonio, Texas 04/1/2015 SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 2:54:01 PM KEITH E. HOTTLE Clerk

ANNA MARIA SALINAS SAENZ, ET AL. APPELLANT

V.

THORP PETROLEUM CORP., ET AL. APPELLEES

On Appeal from the 229th District Court Starr County, Texas No. DC-04-120

APPELLANTS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE REPLY BRIEF

Roger S. Braugh, Jr. David George Texas Bar No. 00796244 Texas Bar No. 00793212 SICO, WHITE, HOELSCHER, CONNELLY•BAKER•WOTRING LLP HARRIS, & BRAUGH, LLP 700 JPMorgan Chase Tower 900 Frost Bank Plaza 600 Travis Street 802 N. Carancahua Houston, Texas 77002 Corpus Christi, Texas 78470 Phone: (713) 980-1700 Phone: (361) 653-3300 Fax: (713) 980-1701 Fax: (361) 653-3333 dgeorge@connellybaker.com rbraugh@swbtrial.com Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 10.5(b), Appellants

request a thirty-day extension of the due date on their reply brief.

Appellants’ reply brief is currently due on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. 1

Appellants request that their reply brief now be due on Thursday, May

7, 2015. Appellees do not oppose this extension.

David George is the attorney who is drafting Appellants’ reply

brief. George’s work on other cases makes it difficult for him to file the

reply brief by April 7, 2015. In the last two weeks, George has filed

briefs with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and

the First Court of Appeals in Houston, Texas.2 In the next two weeks,

George will be extensively involved in summary-judgment briefing for a

large environmental lawsuit pending in Harris County, Texas. 3

1The Appellants are Anna Maria Salinas Saenz; Joel Saenz; Hermelinda Benavides; Leoncio Salinas; Romulo Benavides III; Reynaldo Garcia; Simon Ramon, Jr.; Gumecinda Ramon; Jacinto A. Garcia, Sr.; Diana E. Conde; Minerva Castillo; Josue Garcia; Blanca Estella Garza; Aroldo Garcia; Mary Elisa Garcia ; Leticia Garcia-De La Paz and Lizette A. Garcia, individually and as heirs and representatives of the Estate of Guillermo Garcia, Jr., deceased; Aurora Garcia Martinez; Aida Martinez; Francisco Martinez; Luisa M. Ruiz; Josue Eliab Garcia, Sr. ; Thelma Benavides Aguilar ; and Irma Benavides Cerda. 2Kelsey-Seybold Med. Group, PA v. Great-West Healthcare of Tex., Inc., No. 14- 20506 (5th Cir.); Kelsey-Seybold Med. Group PLLC v. Williams, No. 01-12-00578-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.]); 3 Harris County v. Melcher, No. 2011-52524 (215th Dist. Ct., Harris Cty, Tex.).

2 Appellants, therefore, requests that this Court extend their reply

brief’s due date until Thursday, May 7, 2015. No previous extensions of

the due date for Appellants’ reply brief have been sought and granted.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ David George Roger S. Braugh, Jr. David George Texas Bar No. 00796244 Texas Bar No. 00793212 SICO, WHITE, HOELSCHER, CONNELLY•BAKER•WOTRING LLP HARRIS, & BRAUGH, LLP 700 JPMorgan Chase Tower 900 Frost Bank Plaza 600 Travis Street 802 N. Carancahua Houston, Texas 77002 Corpus Christi, Texas 78470 Phone: (713) 980-1700 Phone: (361) 653-3300 Fax: (713) 980-1701 Fax: (361) 653-3333 dgeorge@connellybaker.com rbraugh@swbtrial.com

Counsel for Appellants

3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on April 1, 2015, I served a copy of this document upon the following individuals by certified mail:

Lee S. Gill JONES, GILL LLP 6363 Woodway, Suite 1100 Houston, TX 77057 Attorney for Thorp Petroleum Corporation; El Paso Production Company; El Paso E&P Company, LP; El Paso Exploration & Production Management, Inc.; El Paso Exploration & Production; Stanco Land Management, LLC and Meredith Land & Minerals Co.

Mark Hanna SCOTT, DOUGLASS & MCCONNICO, L.L.P. 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 1500 Austin, Texas 78701-3589 Attorney for Smith Production Inc.

O.C. Hamilton, Jr. ATLAS & HALL, L.L.P. P.O. Drawer 3725 McAllen, TX 78502 Attorney for Fausto Salinas; Rosalinda Salinas Balderas; Linda Mandes; Veronica Casas Campbell; Elda Salinas Ponce; Cindy Casas Reyna; Eloida Salinas; and D-FOX, Ltd.

/S/ David George David George

4 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

I certify on April 1, 2015, Appellees’ counsel Kennon Wooten and Joseph Vale informed me that the Appellees do not oppose the Court granting the relief requested in this motion.