Firoz Dhamani v. Mustapha Oulad-Chikh, Derivatively on Behalf of Global Real Estate, LLC

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: June 27, 2025
• Docket: 15-25-00103-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-25-00103-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 6/27/2025 2:24 PM IN THE FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALSCHRISTOPHER A. PRINE OF TEXAS CLERK __________________________________________________________________ FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS NO. 15-25-00103-CV 6/27/2025 2:24:35 PM __________________________________________________________________ CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk

Firoz Dhamani, Appellant

v.

Mustapha Oulad-Chikh, derivatively on behalf of GLOBAL REAL ESTATE, LLC, Appellee __________________________________________________________________

APPELLANT’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF OF APPELLANT __________________________________________________________________

On Appeal from Texas Business Court, First District; Hon. Andrea K. Bouressa, Presiding Judge. __________________________________________________________________

ORAL ARGUMENT Brian K. Norman CONDITIONALLY REQUESTED bkn@snlegal.com Michael L. Hood mhood@snlegal.com Russell J. DePalma rjd@snlegal.com SHAMOUN & NORMAN, LLP 1800 Valley View Lane, Ste. 200 Farmers Branch, TX 75234 (214) 987-1745 ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

COMES NOW, Appellant Firoz Dhamani, Defendant below, and files

this, his Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief of Appellant. In support of

this motion, Appellant would show the following:

1. Appellee (Plaintiff in the trial court) does not oppose the relief

sought herein.

2. On June 12, 2025, Appellant filed his Notice of Appeal.

3. On June 23, 2025, this Court notified the parties that the

Reporter’s Record had been filed. Because the Clerk’s Record had been filed

earlier, the Reporter’s Record filing commenced the briefing schedule.

4. This is an accelerated appeal, therefore the deadline for

Appellant’s brief is 20 days after the Court receives the full appellate record, or

Sunday July 13, 2025, which rolls over to Monday July 14, 2025.

5. The parties are currently in settlement negotiations and seeking to

reach an amicable resolution to their dispute. The negotiations are complex

because the business that is the subject of the parties’ dispute owns properties

in multiple states that will be affected by any resolution.

6. To ensure the parties focus their energies on reaching an accord,

and employ their attorneys primarily for resolving their dispute instead of

2 perpetuating it, Appellant seeks an extension of his briefing deadline. Appellee

does not oppose the extension and is of like mind.

7. In addition, both lead counsel for Appellant and his primary

appellate counsel have upcoming vacations in July and also are engaged in

briefing a complex appeal before the Fifth Court of Appeals (No. 05-24-1342-

CV), for which their clients’ brief is due July 18, 2025.

8. Any settlement between the parties will terminate this appeal and

therefore obviate any further need for this proceeding.

9. For the reasons stated above, Appellant seeks a 30-day extension

from July 14 to August 13, 2025, to file his Brief of Appellant, should one

prove necessary.

10. The undersigned conferred with opposing counsel on June 25,

2025, and Appellee does not oppose this request. Appellant does not seek the

requested extension for delay but to ensure justice will not be denied.

Therefore, Appellant Firoz Dhamani, prays that this Court grant this

motion for extension of time and reset his briefing deadline to August 13,

2025.

3 Respectfully submitted,

/s/Russell J. DePalma BRIAN K. NORMAN State Bar No. 00797161 bkn@snlegal.com STEPHEN R. TITTLE, JR. State Bar No. 24028043 s@snlegal.com MICHAEL L. HOOD State Bar No. 099434435 mhood@snlegal.com RUSSELL J. DEPALMA State Bar No. 00795318 rjd@snlegal.com DAVID JEFRIE MIZGALA State Bar No. 24031594 djm@snlegal.com SHAMOUN & NORMAN, LLP 1800 Valley View Lane, Suite 200 Farmers Branch, Texas 75234 Telephone: (214) 987-1745 ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT, FIROZ DHAMANI

4 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

I certify that on June 25, 2025 I conferred with Jesse Hoffman, counsel for Appellee, who indicated that this motion is unopposed.

/s/Russell J. DePalma RUSSELL J. DePALMA

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that, on June 27, 2025, I served a copy of this motion by electronic service and electronic mail upon counsel for Relators.

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

I certify that this Motion complies with the type size and word count limitations set forth in the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure because it contains 372 words not exempt from the word count limits and has been generated in a 14-point proportionate-type font.

5 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: 102534197 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: Appellant's Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief of Appellant Status as of 6/27/2025 3:11 PM CST

Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Brian K.Norman bkn@snlegal.com 6/27/2025 2:24:35 PM SENT

Michael L.Hood mhood@snlegal.com 6/27/2025 2:24:35 PM SENT

Daniela Rials der@snlegal.com 6/27/2025 2:24:35 PM SENT

Russell DePalma rjd@snlegal.com 6/27/2025 2:24:35 PM SENT

Julia Cain jec@snlegal.com 6/27/2025 2:24:35 PM SENT

David Mizgala djm@snlegal.com 6/27/2025 2:24:35 PM SENT

Jesse Hoffman jhoffman@mccathernlaw.com 6/27/2025 2:24:35 PM SENT

Asher Miller amiller@mccathernlaw.com 6/27/2025 2:24:35 PM SENT