Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists Cheryl Gomez in Her Capacity as Executive Director Michael Puhl, in His Capacity as Presiding Officer Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy v. Texas Medical Association
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FILED 15-0299 4/20/2015 11:01:54 AM tex-4948712 SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS BLAKE A. HAWTHORNE, CLERK
No. ___________ In the Supreme Court of Texas TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS; CHERYL GOMEZ IN HER CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; MICHAEL PUHL, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING OFFICER; TEXAS ASSOCIATION FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY, Petitioners, v. TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Respondent.
On Petition for Review to the Third Court of Appeals at Austin, Texas
UNOPPOSED JOINT MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE PETITION FOR REVIEW
Pursuant to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 10.5(b) and 53.7(f),
Petitioners, the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family
Therapists, Cheryl Gomez, Michael Puhl,* and the Texas Association for
Marriage and Family Therapy, file this unopposed joint motion for extension
* Cheryl Gomez and Michael Puhl have replaced Charles Horton and Sandra DeSobe, the parties to the judgments below, as executive director and presiding officer, respectively. They are automatically substituted as the parties in this Court pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 7.2(a). of time requesting a 31-day extension of time to file their Petition for Review.
No prior extensions have been requested.
I.
This case comes to the Court from the Third Court of Appeals in
Austin, Texas. The case number in that court was 03-13-00077-CV, and the
style was the same, Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and
Family Therapists, et al. v. Texas Medical Association. The court of
appeals’ judgment issued on November 21, 2014. Petitioners filed a motion
for en banc reconsideration on December 8, 2014. The court denied
Petitioners’ motion on March 10, 2015.
II.
Petitioners’ Petition for Review is currently due on Friday, April 24.
See TEX. R. APP. P. 53.7(a)(2). Petitioners seek a 31-day extension of that
deadline, which would make their petition due on or before Monday, May 25,
2015.
III.
Counsel for both the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and
Family Therapists and the Texas Association for Marriage and Family
Therapy have had multiple briefing deadlines in other cases in the weeks
2 leading up to the current April 24, 2015 deadline. Petitioners respectfully
request this additional time not for purposes of delay, but to review the
record on appeal and to analyze the relevant law so as to provide the Court
with a thorough and helpful brief. This is Petitioners’ first such request, and
counsel for Respondent does not oppose it.
3 PRAYER
Petitioners respectfully request the Court to grant their motion for
extension of time to extend the deadline of their Petition for Review to May
25, 2015.
Respectfully submitted.
BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. KEN PAXTON Attorney General of Texas /s/ Thomas R. Phillips THOMAS R. PHILLIPS CHARLES E. ROY State Bar No. 00000102 First Assistant Attorney General
DAVID T. ARLINGTON SCOTT A. KELLER State Bar No. 00790238 Solicitor General GAVIN R. VILLAREAL State Bar No. 24008211 /s/ Dustin M. Howell DUSTIN M. HOWELL 98 San Jacinto Blvd., Suite 1500 Assistant Solicitor General Austin, Texas 78701-4039 State Bar No. 24050169 Tel.: (512) 322-2678 Fax: (512) 322-8392 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL tom.phillips@bakerbotts.com P.O. Box 12548 (MC-059) Austin, Texas 78711-2548 COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT/CROSS- Tel.: (512) 936-0826 APPELLEE TEXAS ASSOC. FOR Fax: (512) 474-2697 MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY dustin.howell@texasattorneygeneral.gov
COUNSEL FOR APPELLANTS/CROSS- APPELLEES TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS, CHERYL GOMEZ, AND MICHAEL PUHL
4 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
On April 19, 2015, undersigned counsel conferred by email with counsel
for respondent, David Bragg, who confirmed this motion is unopposed.
/s/ Dustin M. Howell DUSTIN M. HOWELL
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
On April 20, 2015, this motion was served via File & Serve Xpress and
email on:
David F. Bragg LAW OFFICES OF DAVID F. BRAGG, P.C. 1010 Chestnut St. Bastrop, Texas 78602 Fax: (512) 581-0245 dfbragg@sbcglobal.net
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