Sunny Letot v. United Services Automobile Association

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: March 5, 2015
• Docket: 05-14-01394-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 05-14-01394-cv FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS DALLAS, TEXAS 3/5/2015 10:56:01 AM LISA MATZ CLERK

NO. 05­14­01394­CV IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS FILED IN 5th COURT OF APPEALS _________________________________________________________________ DALLAS, TEXAS 3/5/2015 10:56:01 AM SUNNY LETOT, LISA MATZ Clerk Appellant V. UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION, Appellee _________________________________________________________________

Appeal from the 1 92th Judicial District Court of Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 13­00156­B _________________________________________________________________

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

TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

Appellant Sunny Letot (“Appellant”) files this Unopposed Motion for

Extension of Time to File Brief (the “Motion”), and in support thereof, would

show as follows:

I. DUE DATE

1. Appellant’s brief is currently due today, March 5, 2015.

2. Appellant seeks an additional seven (7) days to file its Brief until

Thursday, March 12, 2015. II. REASON FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

3. Appellant’s requested extension is necessary because of the

inclement weather conditions in the Dallas metroplex, resulting in the closing of

counsel for Appellant’s offices. In addition, Appellant’s counsel has been

actively been engaged in other previously­scheduled matters that have prevented

the timely completion of Appellant’s Brief.

4. These and other professional commitments have prevented the

timely completion of Appellant’s Brief, necessitating the requested extension of

seven (7) days to file Appellant’s Brief.

5. This is Appellant’s first request for a seven­day extension and the

request is unopposed.

III. EXTENSION SOUGHT IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE

6. Appellant’s Motion is not brought to cause undue delay but for good

cause and so that justice may be done.

IV. APPELLEE DOES NOT OPPOSE THIS MOTION

7. On March 5, 2015, counsel for Appellant conferred with counsel for

Appellee regarding the contents of this Motion, and counsel for Appellee stated

that he does not oppose this Motion.

V. PRAYER FOR EXTENSION

For the reasons stated above, Appellant Sunny Letot respectfully requests

that this Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief be granted, and

that the deadline to file Appellant’s Brief be extended by seven (7) days until

Thursday, March 12, 2015. Appellant further requests all such other relief to

which she may be justly entitled.

Date: March 5, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

/s/Jeffrey M. Tillotson Jeffrey M. Tillotson Texas Bar No. 20039200 jmt@lynnllp.com LYNN TILLOTSON PINKER & COX, LLP 2100 ​ Ross Avenue Suite 2700 Dallas, Texas 75201 (214) 981­3800 (214) 981­3838 Facsimile

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

On March 5, 2015, I contacted Robert Owen, counsel for Appellee, regarding the contents of this Motion, and Mr. Owen stated that he does not oppose this Motion.

/s/Jeffrey M. Tillotson Jeffrey M. Tillotson

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing APPELLANT’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF was served upon the following counsel for the parties in accordance with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure on March 5, 2015.

Robert T. Owen Texas Bar No. 24060370 owen@rndjwlaw. corn Levon G. Hovnatanian Texas Bar No. 10059825 hovnatanian@mdjwlaw.com MARTIN, DIsIERE, JEFFERSON & WISDOM L.L.P. 808 Travis, 20th Floor Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 632­1700 — Telephone (713) 222­0101 — Facsimile