Manfred Fink v. Joann D. Anderson, Betty Bailey, Doug Bird, Ann Brown, Brad Bullock, M.D., Jim Byron, Mike Clann, Claire Crowder, Evan Quiros, Paul Fulmer, M.D., Eric Geibel, Mark Griffin, Steve Gerguis, Stacey Harvey, Bill Henderson, Allen Holt, Linda Hudson

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided March 2, 2015·No. 01-14-00990-CV·Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 01-14-00990-CV FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 3/2/2015 4:10:03 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK

NO. 01-14-00990-CV FILED IN IN THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS

3/2/2015 4:10:03 PM MANFRED FINK, Appellant CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk

V.

JOANN D. ANDERSON, ET. AL., Appellees

On Appeal from the 152nd Judicial District Court, Houston Texas Cause No. 2014-22740

APPELLANT’S SECOND UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE OPENING BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES:

Comes now, Manfred Fink, by and through his counsel of record, and files

this his Second Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Opening Brief,

and in support thereof would respectfully show the Court as follows:

Appellant’s brief is currently due on March 3, 2015. Counsel seeks a 30-day

extension of time until April 2, 2015. This Court has granted one previous 2-week

extension. Counsel for Appellees have stated to Appellant’s counsel that they are

not opposed to this motion.

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Counsel seeks additional time to prepare the brief in order to balance other

deadlines and matters requiring urgent attention. This motion is not made for

purposes of delay, and no party will be prejudiced by the grant of this extension.

Respectfully submitted,

KEN PAXTON Attorney General of Texas

CHARLES E. ROY First Assistant Attorney General

JAMES E. DAVIS Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation

ROBERT O’KEEFE Division Chief Financial Litigation, Tax, and Charitable Trusts Division

/s/ H. Melissa Mather____________________________ H. Melissa Mather State Bar No. 240102216 Assistant Attorney General Financial Litigation, Tax, and Charitable Trusts Division P.O. Box 12548 Austin, TX 78711-2548 (512) 475-2540 - Telephone (512) 477-2348 – Fax

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Appellant’s Second Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Opening Brief was served on March 2, 2015, to the following counsel of record, by e-service and/or fax: Wade T. Howard Andrew R. Harvin Michael P. Cash Peter Wells Alma F. Gomez DOYLE, RESTREPO, HARVIN & ROBBINS LISKOW & LEWIS The Lyric Centre 1001 Fannin St., Ste. 1800 449 Louisiana, Ste. 2300 Houston, TX 77002 Houston, TX 77002 wthoward@liskow.com aharvin@drhrlaw.com mpcash@liskow.com pwells@drhrlaw.com afgomez@liskow.com Tim McDaniel William B. Mateja MCDANIEL HOHLT, PC FISH & RICHARDSON, PC Two Greenway Plaza, Ste. 1030 1717 Main St., Ste. 5000 Houston, TX 77046 Dallas, TX 75201 tmcdaniel@mcdanielfirm.com mateja@fr.com

Arnold Anderson Vickery Paul D. Flack Fred H. Sheperd PRATT & FLACK, LLP THE VICKERY LAW FIRM 1331 Lamar St. Park Laureate Bldg. Four Houston Center, Ste. 1250 10000 Memorial Dr., Ste. 750 Houston, TX Houston, TX 77024 pflack@prattflack.com andy@justiceseekers.com fred@justiceseekers.com

/s/ H. Melissa Mather_______________ H. Melissa Mather

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ACCEPTED 01-14-00990-CV FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 3/2/2015 4:10:03 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK

NO. 01-14-00990-CV FILED IN IN THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS

3/2/2015 4:10:03 PM MANFRED FINK, Appellant CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk

V.

JOANN D. ANDERSON, ET. AL., Appellees

On Appeal from the 152nd Judicial District Court, Houston Texas Cause No. 2014-22740

APPELLANT’S SECOND UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE OPENING BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES:

Comes now, Manfred Fink, by and through his counsel of record, and files

this his Second Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Opening Brief,

and in support thereof would respectfully show the Court as follows:

Appellant’s brief is currently due on March 3, 2015. Counsel seeks a 30-day

extension of time until April 2, 2015. This Court has granted one previous 2-week

extension. Counsel for Appellees have stated to Appellant’s counsel that they are

not opposed to this motion.

Page 1 of 3

Counsel seeks additional time to prepare the brief in order to balance other

deadlines and matters requiring urgent attention. This motion is not made for

purposes of delay, and no party will be prejudiced by the grant of this extension.

Respectfully submitted,

KEN PAXTON Attorney General of Texas

CHARLES E. ROY First Assistant Attorney General

JAMES E. DAVIS Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation

ROBERT O’KEEFE Division Chief Financial Litigation, Tax, and Charitable Trusts Division

/s/ H. Melissa Mather____________________________ H. Melissa Mather State Bar No. 240102216 Assistant Attorney General Financial Litigation, Tax, and Charitable Trusts Division P.O. Box 12548 Austin, TX 78711-2548 (512) 475-2540 - Telephone (512) 477-2348 – Fax

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

/s/ H. Melissa Mather_______________ H. Melissa Mather

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Pincite

Manfred Fink v. Joann D. Anderson, Betty Bailey, Doug Bird, Ann Brown, Brad Bullock, M.D., Jim Byron, Mike Clann, Claire Crowder, Evan Quiros, Paul Fulmer, M.D., Eric Geibel, Mark Griffin, Steve Gerguis, Stacey Harvey, Bill Henderson, Allen Holt, Linda Hudson (Manfred Fink v. Joann D. Anderson, Betty Bailey, Doug Bird, Ann Brown, Brad Bullock, M.D., Jim Byron, Mike Clann, Claire Crowder, Evan Quiros, Paul Fulmer, M.D., Eric Geibel, Mark Griffin, Steve Gerguis, Stacey Harvey, Bill Henderson, Allen Holt, Linda Hudson) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.