Patrick Kelley and PMK Group, LLC v. Richard Homminga and Chippewa Construction Co., LLC

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: January 15, 2025
• Docket: 15-24-00123-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-24-00123-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 1/15/2025 2:18 PM No. 15-24-00123-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS IN THE FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS AUSTIN, TEXAS 1/15/2025 2:18:06 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk

PATRICK KELLY AND PMK GROUP, LLC, Appellants

v.

RICHARD HOMMINGA AND CHIPPEWA CONSTRUCTION LLC, Appellees.

From the 212th Judicial District Court Galveston County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 22-0360

APPELLANTS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE ITS OPENING BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS:

Appellants Patrick Kelly and PMK Group respectfully request a 30-

day extension to file their opening brief under Texas Rules of Appellate

Procedure 10.5(b) and 38.6(d), and would respectfully show this Court as

follows: 1. Appellants’ brief is currently due on January 22, 2025.

Appellants request an extension of 30 days from the current deadline,

making their brief due February 21, 2025.

2. This is Appellants’ first request for an extension of time to

file their brief.

3. Appellants have conferred with counsel for Appellees, and

Appellees are not opposed to this motion for extension of time.

4. Counsel for Appellants needs additional time to file

Appellants’ brief because counsel have been diligently working to comply

with multiple concurrent deadlines and briefing requirements, including

(but not limited to) the following:

▪ Case No. 07-24-00137-CV; Woods Comfort Systems, Inc. v. Kristina Baehr, et al.; In the Court of Appeals for the Seventh District of Texas (Appellant’s Reply Brief and Response Brief to Cross-Appeal filed December 30, 2024);

▪ Cause No. 27221 Jennifer Lynn Peterson and Martin Villarreal, Individually, and as Representatives of the Estate of May’s Justice Villarreal, deceased and as next friends of Miken Villarreal vs. Ricardo Hernandez, Jr. and Alissa Rutten; In the 132nd Judicial Distric Court of Scurrty County, Texas (attend pre-trial conference on January 10, 2025);

▪ Case No. 12-23-00276-CV; Coffeyville Resources Crude Transportation, LLC, Salter Creek Resources, LLC, Rose Rock Midstream Crude, LLC and SamGreen, LP v ExxonmMobile Pipeline Company; In the Court of Appeals for the Twelfth

2 District of Texas (prepare for oral argument scheduled for January 16, 2025);

▪ Cause No. 2022-CI-24350; Alice Hudman, et al. v. Post Acute Medical at San Antonio, LLC, et al.; In the 131st Judicial District Court of Bexar County, Texas (post-judgment filings and motion for new trial due January 16, 2025);

▪ Cause No. 096-319133-20; Abel Rodriguez and Cynthia Rodriguez v. Hasan Perryman, Inner-Parish Security Corporation, Arlington Pavilion, LLC, Party Doing Business as Texas Live!, TXL Western Saloon, LLC, PBR Cowboy Bar – TX Live, Arlington Live, LLC, Arlington Ballpark District Entertainment Block, LLC and Arlington Ballpark District Entertainment Block, Inc.; In the 96th Judicial District Court of Tarrant County, Texas (preparation and filing of post- judgment motions due January 17, 2025);

▪ Case No. 01-23-00725-CV; Lilly Lerner v. Douglas Scott Lerner; In the Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas (Appellant’s Reply Brief due January 24, 2025); and

▪ Case No. 24-0605; Dallas Police Retired Officers Association v. Dallas Police and Fire Pension System and Nicholas A. Merrick in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System, et al; In the Supreme Court of Texas (Reply in Support of Petition for Review due January 28, 2025);

For these reasons, Appellants Patrick Kelly and PMK Group

request that the Court grant an extension of time to file their opening

brief, making it due on or before February 21, 2025.

3 Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Bradley W. Snead Bradley W. Snead State Bar No. 24049835 Kelley Clark Morris State Bar No. 24087306 WRIGHT CLOSE & BARGER, L.L.P. One Riverway, Suite 2200 Houston, Texas 77056 Telephone: (713) 572-4321 Facsimile: (713) 572-4320 snead@wrightclosebarger.com morris@wrightclosebarger.com

David Funderburk Diane S. Davis Todd Collins FUNDERBURK FUNDERBURK COURTOIS, LLP 2777 Allen Parkway, Suite 1000 Houston, Texas 77019 Telephone: (713) 526-1801 Facsimile: (713) 526-2708 dfunderburk@ffllp.com ddavis@ffllp.com tcollins@ffllp.com

Attorneys for Appellants

4 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

On January 15, 2025, Bradley W. Snead, counsel for Appellant, conferred by email with counsel for Appellees. Appellees do not oppose the relief requested in this motion.

/s/ Bradley W. Snead Bradley W. Snead

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Michelle Heigelmann on behalf of Brad Snead Bar No. 24049835 heigelmann@wrightclose.com Envelope ID: 96259368 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: Appellants' Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File its Opening Brief Status as of 1/15/2025 2:31 PM CST

Associated Case Party: Patrick Kelley

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Bradley W.Snead snead@wrightclosebarger.com 1/15/2025 2:18:06 PM SENT

Kelly ClarkMorris morris@wrightclosebarger.com 1/15/2025 2:18:06 PM SENT

Associated Case Party: Richard Homminga

Andrew J.Mytelka amytelka@greerherz.com 1/15/2025 2:18:06 PM SENT

Angie Olalde aolalde@greerherz.com 1/15/2025 2:18:06 PM SENT

Victoria Rutherford vrutherford@greerherz.com 1/15/2025 2:18:06 PM SENT

Jordan RaschkeElton jraschkeelton@greerherz.com 1/15/2025 2:18:06 PM SENT

Case Contacts

David Funderburk 7547550 dfunderburk@ffllp.com 1/15/2025 2:18:06 PM SENT

Todd Collins tcollins@ffllp.com 1/15/2025 2:18:06 PM SENT

Diane S.Davis ddavis@ffllp.com 1/15/2025 2:18:06 PM SENT