J. Mark Swinnea v. ERI Consulting Engineers, Inc. and Larry Snodgrass

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: February 9, 2015
• Docket: 12-14-00288-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 12-14-00288-CV TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS TYLER, TEXAS 2/9/2015 2:17:53 PM CATHY LUSK CLERK

No. 12-14-00288-CV FILED IN In the Twelfth Court of Appeals 12th COURT OF APPEALS TYLER, TEXAS Tyler, Texas 2/9/2015 2:17:53 PM CATHY S. LUSK Clerk

J. MARK SWINNEA Appellant

v.

ERI CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC. AND LARRY SNODGRASS Appellees

Appealed from the 114th Judicial District Court Smith County, Texas

UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF

Greg Smith Texas Bar No. 18600600 RAMEY & FLOCK, P.C. 100 E. Ferguson, Suite 500 Tyler, Texas 75702 Telephone: 903-597-3301 Facsimile: 903-597-2413

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

Appellant, J. Mark Swinnea, asks the Court to extend the time for filing his

appellant’s brief by 30 days to and including Wednesday, March 11, 2015.

1. Information Required by Rule 10.5, Tex. R. App. P.

The following information supports this request.

(i) Appellant’s brief is currently due to be filed February 9, 2015.

(ii) Appellant requests that the deadline for filing his brief be extended by 30

days to and including Wednesday, March 11, 2015.

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

2. Facts Explaining the Need to Extend the Briefing Deadline

Counsel is unable to complete the appellant’s 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. 13-0986, Southwestern Energy Production Company vs. Toby Berry-Helfand and

Gery Muncey, In the Supreme Court of Texas (brief on merits);

2 (ii) No. 12-0517, Harleton Oil & Gas, Inc. v. Frank M. Bufkin, III, et al., In the 71st

District Court of Harrison County, Texas (summary judgment filing);

(iii) No. 13-3138-A, Donald Lopez, et al. v. BMB Transportation, et al., In the 7th

District Court of Smith County, Texas (summary judgment and Daubert/Robinson

filings); and

(iv) No. 5:14-cv-82-MHS, Margie Campbell v. Bienville Holdings, Ltd., d/b/a At

Home Healthcare, et al., In the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of Texas, Texarkana Division (summary judgment filing).

3.

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

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

4. Conference with Opposing Counsel

Deborah Race, appellate counsel for Appellees, states that the relief

requested in this motion is unopposed.

5. Conclusion and Prayer

Appellant, J. Mark Swinnea, prays that the Court would extend the time for

filing his appellant’s brief by 30 days to and including Wednesday, March 11, 2015.

3 Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Greg Smith Greg Smith State Bar No. 18600600

RAMEY & FLOCK, P.C. 100 East Ferguson, Suite 500 Tyler, TX 75702 Telephone: (903) 597-3301 Facsimile: (903) 597-2413 gsmith@rameyflock.com

COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT, J. MARK SWINNEA

4 Certificate of Service

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

upon counsel for Appellees in accordance with the applicable Texas Rules of Civil Procedure on

this the 9th day of February, 2015, on the following:

Via email drace@icklaw.com Deborah Race Ireland, Carroll & Kelley, P.C. 6101 S. Broadway, Suite 500 Tyler, TX 75703

Via email mahatchell@lockelord.com Mike A. Hatchell Locke Lord, LLP 100 Congress Avenue, Suite 300 Austin, TX 78701

Via email randerson@gillenanderson.com Roger W. Anderson Gillen & Anderson 613 Shelley Park Plaza Tyler, TX 75701

/s/ Greg Smith Greg Smith