Dennis Draper, Greg Hadley, and Charles Huston v. Austin Manufacturing Services I, Inc.

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: September 15, 2015
• Docket: 03-15-00429-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 03-15-00429-CV 6930463 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 9/15/2015 12:46:55 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK No. 03-15-00429-CV FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS IN THE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS AUSTIN, TEXAS 9/15/2015 12:46:55 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk

Dennis Draper, Greg Hadley, and Charles Huston,

Appellants,

v.

Austin Manufacturing Services, I, Inc.,

Appellee.

On Appeal from No. D-1-GN-09-004416, in the 353rd Judicial District Court, Travis County Honorable Orlinda Naranjo, Presiding

FIRST UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF OF APPELLANTS

TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

Appellants Dennis Draper, Greg Hadley, and Charles Huston (the Individual

Guarantors) file this Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File their Brief

of Appellants, and in support states as follows:

1. Appellants’ brief is currently due on September 16, 2015. Appellants

seek a seven-day extension of the deadline, and request that the deadline be

extended to September 23, 2015. This is Appellants’ first request for an extension.

1 2. The extension is sought for two reasons. First the extension has

become necessary given conflicts with other pending and time-sensitive matters

that have arisen during the interim between the filing of the record on appeal and

the due date for the filing of the brief. These include, among other things, the

September 4, 2015 filing of the Brief of Appellant in 08-15-00219-CV, Target

Strike, Inc. v. Strasburger & Price, LLP, in the Eighth District Court of Appeals.

Additionally, other matters with urgent time sensitivity have recently arisen that

cannot be detailed publicly but that have required counsel’s attention. These

include strategy sessions, research, and drafting on matters that will affect the

prosecution and/or defense on behalf of various other clients in other cases.

Finally, the undersigned’s services to the State Bar of Texas Appellate section,

including serving as a substitute speaker at last week’s “Appellate 101” course, and

preparation for and participation in the Appellate Section’s Annual Meeting and its

follow-up Committee meeting (preparing treasurer’s report and proposed budget as

outgoing Section Treasurer, and coordinating transition to new treasurer) all

generated a time conflict.

3. The extension is sought for another reason. In the process of drafting

the Brief of Appellant, it became apparent to the undersigned that copies of

exhibits to the Plaintiff’s Original Petition were inadvertently omitted from the

Clerk’s Record. The undersigned intends to request that the district clerk file a

2 supplemental clerk’s record containing those exhibits so they may be properly

cited in the briefing. A seven-day extension is requested to provide time to

accommodate the clerk’s office in that regard.

4. No previous extensions have been sought and no party will be

prejudiced by this requested extension. Opposing counsel graciously indicated

they do not oppose this motion. An extension of the deadline for filing the Brief of

Appellants will allow for the preparation of an appropriate brief that addresses

substantial issues arising in the course of a multi-day bench trial. This extension is

sought not for the purpose of delay, but rather so that the issues in this case may be

properly briefed.

PRAYER FOR RELIEF

Appellants thus respectfully request that this Court grant the extension until

September 23, 2015.

Respectfully submitted,

/S/ Michael S. Truesdale Michael S. Truesdale

LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL S. TRUESDALE, PLLC State Bar No. 00791825 801 West Avenue, Suite 201 Austin, TX 78701 512-482-8671 866-847-8719 (fax) mike@truesdalelaw.com Counsel for Dennis Draper, Greg Hadley and Charles Huston

3 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

I certify that I conferred with Christopher Kratovil (appellate counsel for Appellee Austin Manufacturing Services I, Inc.) and was informed that he does not oppose the relief requested herein.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE On September 15, 2015, the undersigned certifies that he served a copy of this Motion for Extension of Time on the following via e-service, in compliance with Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 9.5 and 25.1(e):

Brian A. Colao Shane M. Boasberg bcolao@dykema.com shaneb@law-smb.com Christopher Kratovil The Law Offices of Shane M. ckratovil@dykema.com Boasberg, P.C. Dykema Gossett PLLC 2901 Bee Caves Road, 1717 Main Street, Suite 4000 Commissioner’s House, Box E Dallas, Texas 75201 Austin, Texas 78746

Counsel for Appellee Austin Counsel for Assistant Pro, Inc., TQI Manufacturing Services Corporation, and Darryl Cornish

/s/ Michael S. Truesdale Michael S. Truesdale SBN 00791825