Johnny E. Webb, III v. Alex Rodriguez

Opinion

ACCEPTED 06-14-00102-CV SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS TEXARKANA, TEXAS 5/8/2015 7:03:35 PM DEBBIE AUTREY CLERK

_________________________________________________________________ FILED IN 6th COURT OF APPEALS CAUSE NO. 06-14-00102-CV TEXARKANA, TEXAS _________________________________________________________________ 5/11/2015 8:27:00 AM DEBBIE AUTREY IN THE SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS Clerk

TEXARKANA, TEXAS _________________________________________________________________

JOHNNY E. WEBB, III Appellant,

v.

ALEX RODRIGUEZ, CESAR GARCIA, DIVERSEGY, LLC, LUCIEN J. TUJAGUE, JR., DOMINION GAS HOLDINGS, LP, NICHOLAS GALLAGHER, IDT ENERGY, INC., AND SHUK HOLDINGS, LLC Appellees. ________________________________________________________________

Appeal from Cause No. DC-14-09393 th 95 Judicial District Court of Dallas County, Texas Hon. Judge Ken Molberg, Presiding

APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF ___________________________________________________________________

Comes Now Johnny E. Webb, III by and through his counsel of record and

pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 10.5 Appellant requests an

extension of the deadline to file their response brief from the current May 5, 2015

deadline until May 6, 2015. In support of this Motion, Appellant respectfully states the following:

1. Appellant’s Reply was originally due on May 5, 2015. Appellant has

not previously requested, nor has the Court granted, an extension of time to file

their reply brief.

2. The Appellant is requesting a one day extension.

3. The Appellant’s Lead Counsel is pro hac vice in the state of Texas and

is Co-Counsel with another attorney residing within the State of Texas. As a result

Appellant’s pro hac vice counsel being secondary on the notification process, he

receives things a little later because the documentation goes to Melvin Houston,

Esq. first.

4. Unfortunately, as a result of this disconnect between Appellant’s

Counsel, Appellant’s pro hac vice counsel miscalculated the date the Reply Brief

was due and filed his brief on May 6, 2015.

5. Appellant’s Counsel accepts full responsibility for this miscalculation

and would ask the Court not to penalize the Appellant for his Counsel’s

miscalculation. Appellant’s reply is important in this matter because it clears up

some items discussed in the Appellees’ brief and without that clarity the Appellant

may be prejudiced.

6. Therefore Appellant requests this Court to accept his late-filed brief and give him a one day extension until May 6, 2015 to file his reply brief.

RELIEF REQUESTED

For the foregoing reasons, Appellant requests the Court to Grant him a one

day extension and accept his late filed brief. Specifically, Appellant requests that

the deadline for filing the Reply Brief be reset to May 6, 2015.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Darrell J. O’Neal Darrell J. O’Neal Law Office of Darrell J. O’Neal TN State Bar No 20927 2129 Winchester Road Memphis, TN 38116 (901) 345-8009 office (901) 345-8014 fax domemphislaw@aol.com

/s/Melvin Houston Melvin Houston Melvin Houston & Associates TX State Bar No. 00796559. 1776 Yorktown, Suite 350 Houston, TX 77056 Tel: (713) 212-0600 Fax: (713) 212-0290 mhouston@gotellmel.com

COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

I hereby certify that on May 8, 2015 I conferred by email with Appellees’

Counsel Drew York, Bryan Stevens, and Mark Johansen, concerning the relief

requested in this Motion. There was no opposition to this motion by any of

opposing counsel.

/s/ Darrell J. O’Neal Darrell J. O’Neal

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I served a true and correct copy of the above and

foregoing Appellant’s Reply Brief via this court’s electronic filing system pursuant

to T.R.AP. Rule 9 upon the following on May 8, 2015:

Andrew K. York Jim Moseley Gray Reed & McGraw 1601 Elm Street, Suite 4600 Dallas, TX 75201 (201) 654-4135 (214) 953-1332 fax dyork@grayreed.com jmoseley@grayreed.com Counsel for Lucien Tujague, Jr.and Dominion Gas Holdings LP

Bryan Stevens Barrett Lesher Hallet & Perrin PC 1445 Ross Avenue, Ste 2400 Dallas, TX 75202 BStevens@hallettperrin.com blesher@halletperrin.com Counsel for Diversegy, LLC, Shuk Holdings LLC and IDT Energy Inc

Mark J. Johansen Rafeal C. Rodriguez Gruber Hurst Johansen Hail Shank LLP 1445 Ross Avenue, Ste 2500 Dallas, TX 75202 mjohansen@ghjhlaw.com rrodriquez@ghjhlaw.com Counsel for Alex Rodriguez

/s/Melvin Houston /s/ Darrell J. O’Neal