Garry L. Rollins and Carla D. Rollins v. Texas College and MPF Investments, LLC D/B/A "A-1 Rent All"

Opinion

ACCEPTED 12-15-00121-CV TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS TYLER, TEXAS 11/16/2015 2:13:34 PM Pam Estes CLERK

No. 12-15-00121-CV FILED IN 12th COURT OF APPEALS TYLER, TEXAS 11/16/2015 2:13:34 PM PAM ESTES In the Twelfth Court of Appeals Clerk Tyler, Texas

Garry L. Rollins and Carla D. Rollins, Appellants

v.

Texas College and MPF Investments, LLC, d/b/a “A-1 Rent All,”

Appellees

Appealed from the7th Judicial District Court Smith County, Texas

APPELLEE TEXAS COLLEGE’S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND BRIEFING DEADLINE

Trey Yarbrough Greg Smith Texas Bar No. 22133500 Texas Bar No. 18600600 Dallas W. Tharpe Nolan D. Smith Texas Bar No. 24052036 Texas Bar No. 24075632 YARBROUGH WILCOX GUNTER, PLLC RAMEY & FLOCK, P.C. 100 E. Ferguson, Suite 1015 100 E. Ferguson, Suite 500 Tyler, Texas 75702 Tyler, Texas 75702 Telephone: 903-595-3111 Telephone: 903-597-3301 Facsimile: 903-595-0191 Facsimile: 903-597-2413

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE TEXAS COLLEGE

To the Honorable Court of Appeals:

Texas College asks the Court to extend the time for filing its appellee’s brief

by 30 days, to and including Wednesday, December 16, 2015.

1.

Information Required by Rule 10.5

The following information supports this request.

(i) Appellee’s brief is currently due to be filed November 16, 2015.

(ii) Texas College requests that the deadline for filing this brief be extended by

30 days, to Wednesday, December 16, 2015.

(iii) This is Texas College’s first request to extend the briefing deadline.

2.

Facts Explaining the Need to Extend the Briefing Deadline

Counsel is unable to complete the brief and secure the necessary client

review and approval by the current deadline. Besides work on this brief,

Greg Smith, lead counsel on appeal, has been and will be required to divide his

available briefing time among the following matters:

(i) No. 12-14-00288-CV, J. Mark Swinnea v. ERI Consulting Engineers, Inc. and

Larry Snodgrass, In the Twelfth Court of Appeals, Tyler, Texas (oral argument);

(ii) No. 12-14-00323-CV, David Tubb, et al., v. Aspect Intern., Inc., et al., In the

Twelfth Court of Appeals, Tyler, Texas (oral argument);

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(iii) No. 81510; Larry L. Legg v. Brookshire Grocery Company, In the 62nd Judicial

District Court of Lamar County, Texas (trial); and

(iv) No. 14-0135, Margaret Taylor Riess and Barrett Riess v. Petro Real, Inc.; James E.

Hightower; and Lynn Bryant, In the 3rd District Court of Houston County,

Texas (summary-judgment proceedings).

3.

This motion is not sought solely for delay, but in the interest of justice and

to ensure that Appellee’s brief sufficiently aids the Court’s decisional process.

4.

Conference with Opposing Counsel

Ernesto D. Sigmon, counsel for Appellants, and Levon G. Hovnatanian,

counsel for MPF Investments, state that the relief requested in this motion is

unopposed.

5.

Conclusion and Prayer

Appellee, Texas College, prays that the Court would extend the time for

filing its appellee’s brief by 30 days, to and including Wednesday, December 16,

2015.

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Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Greg Smith Greg Smith State Bar No. 18600600 Nolan Smith State Bar No. 24075632 RAMEY & FLOCK, P.C. 100 East Ferguson, Suite 500 Tyler, TX 75702 Telephone: (903) 597-3301 Facsimile: (903) 597-2413 gregs@rameyflock.com nolans@rameyflock.com

Trey Yarbrough State Bar No. 22133500 Dallas W. Tharpe State Bar No. 24052036 YARBROUGH WILCOX GUNTER, PLLC 100 E. Ferguson, Suite 1015 Tyler, TX 75702 Telephone: (903) 595-3111 Facsimile: (903) 595-0191 trey@yw-lawfirm.com dallas@yw-lawfirm.com

COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE, TEXAS COLLEGE

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Certificate of Service

The undersigned certifies that a copy of the above and foregoing document was served upon

counsel of record in accordance with the applicable Texas Rules of Civil Procedure on this the

16th day of November, 2015, on the following:

Via E-Service Ernesto D. Sigmon esigmon@esigmon.com Walker Sigmon 416 West Saulnier Street Houston, Texas 77019

Levon G. Hovnatanian hovnatanian@mdjwlaw.com Todd M. Lonergan lonergan@mdjwlaw.com Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom, L.L.P. 808 Travis, 20th Floor Houston, Texas 77002

Ryan K. Geddie geddie@mdjwlaw.com Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom, L.L.P. Tollway Plaza One 16000 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 800 Dallas, Texas 75248

/s/ Greg Smith Greg Smith