Bernard Morello v. State

Opinion

ACCEPTED

03-15-00428-CV

7538555

THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS

10/26/2015 1:58:11 PM

JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERK

No. 03‐15‐00428‐CV

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

FILED IN

3rd COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT Austin AUSTIN, TEXAS

10/26/2015 1:58:11 PM

BERNARD MORELLO, JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk

Appellant,

V.

STATE OF TEXAS,

Appellee.

On Appeal from the 353RD Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas

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

KEN PAXTON CRAIG J. PRITZLAFF Attorney General of Texas Assistant Attorney General State Bar No. 24046658

CHARLES E. ROY craig.pritzlaff@texasattorneygeneral.gov First Assistant Attorney General

LINDA B. SECORD

JAMES E. DAVIS Assistant Attorney General Deputy Attorney General State Bar No. 17973400 for Civil Litigation linda.secord@texasattorneygeneral.gov

PRISCILLA M. HUBENAK Environmental Protection Division Chief, Environmental Protection P.O. Box 12548, MC‐066

Division Austin, Texas 78711‐2548 Tel: (512) 463‐2012 Fax: (512) 320‐0911 ATTORNEYS FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS

October 26, 2015

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

TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. §§ 10.5(b) and 38.6(d), Appellee the State of

Texas files this first unopposed motion to extend time, and respectfully requests a

31-day extension, until and through Monday, December 7, 2015, to file its Response

Brief.

1. The current deadline for filing Appellee’s Response Brief is Friday,

November 6, 2015.

2. Appellee requests a 31-day extension, until Monday, December 7,

2015.

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

4. An extension until December 7, 2015, is not opposed by Appellant.

5. This motion is requested because Assistant Attorneys General Craig

Pritzlaff and Linda Secord have been and will continue to be heavily occupied in the

next several weeks with hearings and briefings on a matter pending in Travis County,

State of Texas v. Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District et al., cause no. D-

1-GN-15-003093, and a parallel proceeding filed in Chambers County, Sustainable

Texas Oyster Resource Management, LLC, v. Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. et al.,

cause no CV29629. Furthermore, Mr. Pritzlaff will be out of state November 5-8, 2015.

6. The Court has previously granted the Appellant’s unopposed motion

for extension to file their Appellant’s Brief.

7. Appellee files this Motion not for the purpose of delay, but so that

justice may be done.

PRAYER

For the reasons stated above, Appellee the State of Texas prays that the Court

grant a 31-day extension, until Monday, December 7, 2015, to file its Response

Brief.

Respectfully submitted,

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/ Craig J. Pritzlaff___________ CRAIG J. PRITZLAFF Assistant Attorney General State Bar No. 24046658 Craig.Pritzlaff@texasattorneygeneral.gov

LINDA B. SECORD Assistant Attorney General State Bar No. 17973400 Linda.Secord@texasattorneygeneral.gov

Office of the Attorney General Environmental Protection Division P.O. Box 12548, MC-066 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Telephone: (512) 463-2012 Fax: (512) 320-0911

ATTORNEYS FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 10.1(a)(5), on October 21, 2015, I, Craig Pritzlaff, counsel for the Appellee, State of Texas, conferred with James Juranek, counsel for Appellant, Bernard Morello, and Mr. Juranek informed me that he is not opposed to this request for an extension of time.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document was served by electronic service and email on the following attorneys of record on October 26, 2015.

James Juranek Keith W. Lapeze Juranek Law Firm, PLLC Lapeze & Johns, PLLC 111 N. Ennis 601 Sawyer Street, Suite 650 Houston, Texas 77003 Houston, Texas 77007 james@jjfirm.com keith@lapezejohns.com

/s/ Craig J. Pritzlaff CRAIG J. PRITZLAFF