Craig A. Washington v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline

Opinion

ACCEPTED 03-15-00083-CV 7791417 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 11/12/2015 9:13:48 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK No. 03-15-00083-CV

FILED IN In the Third District Court of Appeals 3rd COURT OF APPEALS Houston, Texas AUSTIN, TEXAS 11/12/2015 9:13:48 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk CRAIG A. WASHINGTON,

Appellant,

vs.

COMMISSION FOR LAWYER DISCPLINE,

Appellee.

UNOPPOSED MOTION OF CRAIG A. WASHINGTON TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR APPELTANT'S REPLY BRIEF

Appellant Craig A. Washington asks that this Court for an extension of

seven days (7) days for the filing of his Appellanfs Reply Brief, making the new

briefing deadline November 19,2015. In support, Mr. Washington states:

1,. This is an appeal from a final judgment signed |anuary 8, 2015. The

completed clerk's record was filed June 2, 2015, and the reporter's record was

filed May L5, 2015. The reply brief of the appellant is due November 12,2015.

This court can extend that deadline. Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(d). This is the

appellants' first request to extend his reply deadline, and it is unopposed.

1 2. Counsel for Mr. Washington, ]ohn MacVane, will be responsible for

the drafting of the reply brief and has a temporary injunction hearing set in

Cause Number 153277 437 -15.

3. In order to adequately focus on the briefing in this case and to

accommodate Mr. MacVane's other obligations, Mr. Washington requests a 7-

day extension of the deadline for appellanfs reply brief. A7-day extension of the

briefing deadline would make appellants' rcply brief due on Thursday,

November 19,2015.

4. This is the Appellants' first request to extend the reply deadline, and

it is unopposed

Request for Relief

For the above reasons, Appellant, Craig A. Washington asks this Court to

extend Íor 7 days the deadline for the filing its Appellanfs Reply Brief in this

appeal, making the new deadline November 19,2015.

2 Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Iohn MøcVøne Michael A. Stafford Texas Bar No. 18996970 mstafford@gardere.com Katharine David Texas Bar No. 24045749 kdavid@gardere.com |ohn MacVane Texas Bar No. 24085444 jmacvane@gardere.com GARDERE WYNNE SEWETL LLP L000 Louisiana, Suite 3400 Houston, Texas 77 002-5007 Tel: 713.276.5500 Fax: 713.276.5555

ATTORNEYS FOR APPETLANT, CRAIG A. WASHINGTON,

3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that a copy of this document was served on November 12,2015,by delivery to the following counsel via the Electronic Filing Manager:

Cynthia Canfield Hamilton Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel State Bar of Texas Post Office Box 12487 Austiry Texas 7871'1, chamilton@texasbar.com

/s/ ïohn MøcVane |ohn MacVane

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

The parties' counsel have conferred regarding the relief requested. in this motion. Counsel for the Appellee-Commission for Lawyer Discipline- indicated that it will NOT oppose this request for relief.

/s/ Iohn MacVøne John MacVane

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