Dawn Buckingham, M.D., as the Land Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office v. Lone Oak Club, LLC
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ACCEPTED 15-25-00133-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 1/9/2026 12:07 PM No. 15-25-00133-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS In The Fifteenth Court of Appeals AUSTIN, TEXAS 1/9/2026 12:07:15 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk DAWN BUCKINGHAM, M.D., AS THE LAND COMMISSIONER OF THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
Appellant
v.
LONE OAK CLUB, LLC,
Appellee.
Appeal from Cause No. CV27446-A in the 253rd District Court of Chambers County, Texas
APPELLEE’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLEE’S BRIEF
TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:
Comes Now, Appellee, Lone Oak Club, LLC, and files Appellee’s Unopposed
Motion for an Extension of Time to File Appellee’s Brief and, by such motion,
would respectfully show as follows:
1. The current deadline for filing Appellee’s Brief is January 21, 2026.
2. The Court has authority under TEX. R. APP. P. 38(d) to extend the time
to file a brief.
1 3. This extension is requested because Appellee’s attorney is unable to
complete the brief by the due date for the following reasons:
• Appellee’s undersigned counsel is a sole practitioner, and as a result of the Christmas Holidays and other family holiday commitments, he was unable to work on Appellee’s Brief during the period of December 23, 2025, through January 5, 2026;
• Since January 5, 2026, Appellee’s counsel has been unable to complete the brief due to prior work deadlines in Cause No. 202526274, San Saba Energy, LP, et al v. Ballard Exploration Company, Inc., in the 164th District Court of Harris County, Texas – namely, reviewing for relevance and privilege for his client’s production thousands of pages of documents, including thousands of emails and text messages, which tasks will consume at least another week or more.
4. Appellee respectfully requests a thirty (30) day extension of time to file
Appellee’s Brief, which would make Appellee’s Brief due on or before February
20, 2026.
5. Appellant is unopposed to the Court granting Appellee’s motion to
extend the time for the filing of Appellee’s Brief.
6. This is Appellee’s first motion for an extension of time for the filing of
its brief. This request is not made for the purposes of delay, but so that justice may
be done.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellee, Lone Oak Club, LLC
respectfully prays that this Court grant this motion and enter an Order extending the
time for filing Appellee’s Brief to February 20, 2026.
2 Respectfully submitted,
THE NORWOOD LAW FIRM
By: /s/ E. R. Norwood E. R. Norwood State Bar No. 15113500 340 Main Street Liberty, Texas 77575 Telephone: 936-336-3700 Facsimile: 936-336-7634 enorwood@ednorwoodlaw.com
ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE, LONE OAK CLUB, LLC
CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
I hereby certify that I have conferred with Mr. Ken Slavin, counsel for Appellant, by email on January 8, 2026. Counsel for the Appellant, Mr. Slavin, stated that Appellant is not opposed to this motion.
/s/ E. R. Norwood E. R. Norwood
3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument has been served on the following opposing counsel by Electronic Service on this 9th day of January, 2026:
Ken Slavin State Bar No. 18496100 KEMP SMITH LLP 221 North Kansas, Suite 1700 El Paso, Texas 79901 Ken.Slavin@kempsmith.com Deborah C. Trejo State Bar No. 24007004 KEMP SMITH LLP 2905 San Gabriel St., Suite 205 Austin, Texas 78705 Deborah.Trejo@kempsmith.com
Attorneys for Appellant, Dawn Buckingham, M.D., as Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office
4 Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.
Envelope ID: 109865870 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: Appellee's Unopposed Motion for an Extension of Time to File Appellee's Brief Status as of 1/9/2026 12:37 PM CST
Case Contacts
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Deborah Trejo deborah.trejo@kempsmith.com 1/9/2026 12:07:15 PM SENT
Rachel Moreno rachel.moreno@kempsmith.com 1/9/2026 12:07:15 PM SENT
Greta Duran greta.duran@kempsmith.com 1/9/2026 12:07:15 PM SENT
Sharnezia Mitchell sharnezia.mitchell@kempsmith.com 1/9/2026 12:07:15 PM SENT
Terry Castillo terry.castillo@kempsmith.com 1/9/2026 12:07:15 PM SENT
Ken Slavin ken.slavin@kempsmith.com 1/9/2026 12:07:15 PM SENT
Ed Norwood enorwood@ednorwoodlaw.com 1/9/2026 12:07:15 PM SENT
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