Jeremy McKnight v. Spotlight Karaoke, LLC

Opinion

ACCEPTED

15-25-00177-CV

FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS

1/2/2026 4:07 PM

NO. 15-25-00177-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK

FILED IN

In The Court of Appeals 15th COURT OF APPEALS for the Fifteenth Judicial District AUSTIN, TEXAS Austin, Texas 1/2/2026 4:07:52 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE

Clerk

JEREMY MCKNIGHT,

Appellant,

v.

SPOTLIGHT KARAOKE, LLC,

Appellee.

Appealed from the 395th Judicial District Georgetown, Texas

Cause No. 24-0495-C395

MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF

TIME TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS:

NOW COMES Appellant, Jeremy McKnight, and pursuant to Tex. R. App. P.

38.6(d) and Tex. R. App. P. 10.5(b), files his Motion for Extension of Time to File Appellant’s Brief.

Appellant requests a thirty-day (30) extension from the original due date to file his Brief. Appellant filed its Notice of Appeal on September 29, 2025 and his Brief is due on January 8, 2028. Appellant’s requests an extension to February 6, 2026. This is Appellant’s First Motion for Extension of Time to File Appellant’s Brief.

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Appellant’s counsel is unable to meet the January 8, 2026, deadline for the following reasons: 1. December 19, 2025 to January 1, 2026 - Counsel was out of the office for the holidays; 2. December 12, 2025 – Counsel attended a deposition in Cause No. 2024-49923; Huyen Nguyen, et al. v. Sarina Cantu; In the 189th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas; and 3. December 16, 2025 - Counsel attended mediation in Cause No. 2024-40431; Kimberly Johnson v. Dereje Mekonnen Ali, et al.; In the 189th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas.

For the above reasons, Appellant’s Counsel will be unable to complete Appellant’s Brief by January 8, 2026. Appellant respectfully requests an additional thirty (30) days from the original due date to complete preparing the Brief.

This request is not made for the purposes of delay, but so justice may be served.

WHEREFORE, Appellant moves the Court to grant its Motion for Extension of Time to File Appellant’s Brief, extend the due date for Appellant’s Brief to February 6, 2026, and prays for all other and further relief, both in law and equity, to which it may be entitled.

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Respectfully submitted,

HUSAIN LAW + ASSOCIATES, P.C.

By: /s/ Joshua R. Leske

JOSHUA R. LESKE

State Bar No. 24060162

5916 Winsome Lane, Suite 400 Houston, Texas 77057

O: 713.800.1200

E: jleske@hlalawfirm.co

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COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument was filed and served electronically to the Court and all known counsel of record on January 2, 2026.

/s/ Joshua R. Leske

JOSHUA R. LESKE

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