City of Houston v. Robert A. Smith

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: February 13, 2015
• Docket: 01-14-00789-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 01-14-00789-CV FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 2/13/2015 4:51:19 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK

NO. 01-14-00789-CV

In the Court of Appeals for the FILED IN First District of Texas 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 2/13/2015 4:51:19 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE City of Houston, Clerk

Appellant v.

Robert A. Smith, Appellee

On Appeal from the 61st Judicial District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2011-46461

Appellee’s Request for Oral Argument

Tritico Rainey, P.L.L.C. L. JAMES KRELL State Bar No. 24072191 RON S. RAINEY State Bar No. 16484425 1212 Durham Drive Houston, Texas 77007 (713)-581-3399 (713) 581-3360 FAX TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT:

COMES NOW, ROBERT SMITH, Appellee herein, and files this Request

for Oral Argument and would show unto this Honorable Court as follows:

I.

Appellee’s deadline for filing its Appellee Brief was February 11, 2015.

Appellee filed its brief within the deadline set by this Honorable Court. Although,

Appellee requested Oral Argument in the Statement Regarding Oral Argument in

his brief, the cover of the brief failed to denote Appellee’s request for oral

argument to be granted. On February 13, 2015, Appellee was notified by the Clerk

of the Court and was directed to file a second document stating that oral argument

was requested.

Appellee respectfully requests that this Honorable Court grant his request for

oral argument in the present matter for the reasons stated in Appellee’s Statement

Regarding Oral Argument in Appellee’s Brief.

PRAYER

FOR THESE REASONS, Appellee respectfully requests that this Honorable

Court grant Appellee’s request for oral argument regarding the merits of

Appellant’s Brief.

1 Respectfully Submitted,

TRITICO RAINEY PLLC

By: /S/ L. James Krell L. James Krell State Bar No. 24072191 Ron S. Rainey State Bar No. 16484425 1212 Durham Drive Houston, Texas 77007 (713) 581-3399 Telephone (713) 581-3360 Facsimile jkrell@triticorainey.com rrainey@triticorainey.com ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEES

2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

Pursuant to Rule 9.5(b)(1) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, I do

hereby certify that, if the email address for counsel of record for Appellant, John

Wallace, is on file with the electronic filing manager, then a true and correct copy

of the foregoing pleading was served electronically through the electronic filing

manager. In the event that Mr. Wallace’s email address was not on file at the time

of this pleading, I do hereby certify that on Feburary 13, 2015, a true and correct

copy of the foregoing pleading was served on counsel via email to:

John Wallace: john.wallace@houstontx.gov

/s/ L. James Krell L. James Krell