Baxter Oil Service, Ltd. v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Opinion

ACCEPTED 03-15-00446-CV 7336962 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 10/12/2015 3:46:24 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK No. 03-15-00446-CV

FILED IN IN THE 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 10/12/2015 3:46:24 PM THIRD COURT OF APPEALS JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk

AT AUSTIN

BAXTER OIL SERVICE, LTD. Appellant

v.

TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, Appellee.

Appeal from the 345th Judicial District Court, Travis County, Texas

FIRST UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLEE’S RESPONSE BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

Pursuant to Rules 10.5(b)(1) and 38.6(d), Appellee the Texas Commis-

sion on Environmental Quality files this first unopposed motion for an

extension of time and respectfully requests a 29-day extension, until and

through November 13, 2015, to file its Response Brief.

1. The current deadline for filing Appellee’s Response Brief is Thursday, October 15, 2015.

2. Appellee requests a 29-day extension, until November 13, 2015.

3. No previous extensions have been granted for this brief.

4. Oral argument has not been set in this case.

5. An extension until November 13, 2015, is not opposed by Appel-

lants.

6. This motion is requested because Assistant Attorneys General

Thomas Edwards and Craig Pritzlaff have been occupied with multiple

settlement negotiations, the lodging of settlement documents, and public

notice and comment in In Re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” in

the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, MDL No. 2179, in the U.S. District Court

for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

7. No trial date has been set in the trial court, and no scheduling

order is in place in the trial court that would be impacted by an extension

of time to consider this appeal.

-2- PRAYER

For the reasons stated above, Appellee the Texas Commission on

Environmental Quality prays that the Court grant a 29-day extension, until

November 13, 2015, to file its Response Brief.

Respectfully submitted this 12th day of October 2015.

KEN PAXTON Attorney General of Texas

CHARLES E. ROY First Assistant Attorney General

JAMES E. DAVIS Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation

PRISCILLA M. HUBENAK Chief, Environmental Protection Division

/s/ Thomas H. Edwards THOMAS H. EDWARDS Assistant Attorney General Tex. Bar No. 06461800 Thomas.Edwards@TexasAttorney General.gov

-3- CRAIG J. PRITZLAFF Assistant Attorney General Tex. Bar No. 24046658 Craig.Pritzlaff@TexasAttorney General.gov

LINDA SECORD Assistant Attorney General Tex. Bar No. 17973400 Linda.Secord@TexasAttorney General.gov

Office of the Attorney General Environmental Protection Division P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Tel: (512) 463-2012 Fax: (512) 320-0911

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

-4- CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

On October 12, 2015, the undersigned conferred with Leslie Sara Hyman, counsel for Appellants, and Ms. Hyman confirmed that this motion is not opposed.

/s/ Thomas H. Edwards THOMAS H. EDWARDS

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Thomas H. Edwards, do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document was served by electronic service and email on the following parties or attorneys of record on the 12th day of October, 2015.

Attorneys Parties

Leslie Sara Hyman Baxter Oil Service, Ltd. PULMAN, CAPPUCCIO, PULLEN, BENSON & JONES, LP 2161 NW Military Hwy., Ste. 400 San Antonio TX 78213 Telephone: (210) 222-9494 Facsimile: (210) 892-1610 lhyman@pulmanlaw.com

-5- John R. Eldridge Exxon Mobil Corporation, HAYNES AND BOONE, L.L.P. ExxonMobil Oil Corporation, 1221 McKinney St., Ste. 2100 Pennzoil-Quaker State Company Houston TX 77010-2020 and Shell Oil Company Telephone: (713) 547-2000 Facsimile: (713) 547-2600 John.Eldridge@haynesboone.com

Adam H. Sencenbaugh ” HAYNES AND BOONE, L.L.P. 600 Congress Ave., Ste. 1300 Austin TX 78701-2579 Telephone: (512) 867-8489 Telecopier: (512) 867-8606 Adam.Sencenbaugh@ haynesboone.com

Janessa M. Glenn Cabot Norit Americas, Inc. R. Steven Morton MOLTZ MORTON & GLENN, LLP 5113 Southwest Pkwy, Ste. 120 Austin TX 78735-8969 jglenn@mmandg.com

John E. Leslie Howard Freilich, d/b/a Quick Stop JOHN LESLIE * PLLC Brake and Muffler 1216 Florida Dr., Ste. 140 Arlington TX 76015-2393 Tel: (817) 505-1291 Arlingtonlaw@aol.com

-6- Cynthia J. Bishop Baxter Oil Service, Ltd. C BISHOP LAW PC P.O. Box 612994 Dallas TX 75261-2994 cbishop@cbishoplaw.com

Paul Craig Laird II Frank Kosar, d/b/a Rite Way ASHLEY & LAIRD, L.C. Truck Rental 800 W. Airport Fwy., Ste. 880 Irving TX 75062-6274 pcl880@aim.com

George E. Kuehn SBC Holdings, Inc., f/k/a The Stroh BUTZEL LONG Brewery Company 301 E. Liberty St., Ste 500 Ann Arbor MI 48104-2283 Tel: 734-213-3257 Fax: 734-995-1777 kuehn@butzel.com

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