Frank M. Seliger v. Ethiopian Evangelical Church

Opinion

ACCEPTED

03-14-00621-CV

5028711

THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS

4/24/2015 3:51:47 PM

JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERK

NO. 03-14-00621CV

FILED IN

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS

THE THIRD DISTRICT OF TEXAS 4/24/2015 3:51:47 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE

AUSTIN, TEXAS Clerk

FRANK SELIGER,

Appellant

V.

THE ETHIOPIAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH, Appellee.

Appeal from the County Court at Law Number One Travis County, Texas

Trial Court Case No. C-1-CV-14-005819 Hon. David Phillips, presiding

APPELLEE’S SECOND MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLEE’S BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

COMES NOW APPELLEE, ETHIOPIAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH, who files

this Motion for Extension of Time to File its Appeal Brief and respectfully shows

the following:

1. Appellee’s deadline to file its Appeal Brief is April 24, 2015.

Appellee’s Second Motion for Extension of Time to File Appellee’s Brief Page 1 2. Part of the practice of Appellee’s counsel involves a foreclosure prevention

program and the prevention of evictions. Counsel for Appellee is presently

dealing with an emergency situation concerning clients who are facing

immediate eviction from their homes and, next week, counsel for Appellee

will be working to prevent foreclosures for clients who are scheduled to

have their homes sold due to foreclosure proceedings on May 5, 2015. For

these reasons, counsel for Appellee is in need of additional time to complete

and file the Appellee’s Appeal Brief.

3. Appellee requests a two-week extension of time on which to file its Appeal

Brief to May 8, 2015.

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellee prays this Court grant its

Motion for Extension of Time to File its Appeal Brief and extend its deadline to

file same to May 8, 2015.

Respectfully submitted, By: /s/ James Minerve

____________________________

James Minerve State Bar No. 24008692 115 Saddle Blanket Trail Buda, Texas 78610 (210) 336-5867 (888) 230-6397 (Fax) jgminerve@aol.com jgm@minervelaw.com Attorney for Appellee

Appellee’s Second Motion for Extension of Time to File Appellee’s Brief Page 2

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

On April 24, 2015, the undersigned counsel for Appellee conferred with pro se Appellant, Frank Seliger, concerning the foregoing Motion and Mr. Seliger stated that he is not opposed to this Motion. See Exhibit A.

/s/ James Minerve

______________________________

James Minerve

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 24th day of April, 2015 a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing document was sent via Efile.txcourts.gov electronic filing notification system and via e-mail to the parties of record listed below:

Appellant Pro Se: Frank Seliger 2108 East Yager Lane Austin, Texas 78754 E-mail: digitalfranks@att.net

/s/ James Minerve

______________________________

James Minerve

Appellee’s Second Motion for Extension of Time to File Appellee’s Brief Page 3