Unified Investigations & Sciences, Inc. v. Brad M. O' Neal

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: May 1, 2019
• Docket: 05-19-00504-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 05-19-00504-CV 05-19-00504-CV FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS DALLAS, TEXAS 5/1/2019 2:54 PM LISA MATZ CLERK

CAUSE NO. DC-18-05484

UNIFIED INVESTIGATIONS & § IN THE 101st JUDICIAL FILED IN SCIENCES, INC., § 5th COURT OF APPEALS § DALLAS, TEXAS Plaintiff, § 5/1/2019 2:54:19 PM § LISA MATZ vs. § DISTRICT COURT OF Clerk § BRAD M. O’NEAL § § Defendant. § DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS

AMENDED NOTICE OF APPEAL

Plaintiff Unified Investigations & Sciences, Inc., files this Amended Notice of Appeal, and

for same would show:

1. Plaintiff filed its Notice of Appeal in the trial court and the Fifth District Court of

Appeals on April 30, 2019.

2. The matter from which appeal is sought is pending in the 101st District Court, Dallas

County, Texas.

3. Appeal is taken from the Court denying Plaintiff’s Motion to Dismiss under the

Texas Citizens Participation Act (the “TCPA”). The motion was denied on April 10, 2019. TEX.

CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE § 27.005(a), 27.008(a).

4. Plaintiff invokes the jurisdiction of the appellate court pursuant to TEX. CIV. PRAC.

& REM. CODE ANN. §51.014(a)(12).

5. Plaintiff desires to appeal the order identified in paragraph 3 above.

6. This appeal will be taken to the Fifth District Court of Appeals located in Dallas,

Texas.

7. This appeal is filed by the Plaintiff.

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\\SRV7\Rogge\7\7290\55555\SubPldgs\Drafts\Amended Notice of Appeal.docx 8. As provided under TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. §51.014(b), Plaintiff

hereby invoke the automatic stay of “all other proceedings in the trial court pending resolution of

[this] appeal.”

Respectfully submitted,

____________________________________ ROGGE DUNN Texas State Bar No. 06249500 Email: dunn@trialtested.com

GREGORY M. CLIFT Texas State Bar No. 00795835 Email: clift@roggedunngroup.com

JOHN M. LYNCH Texas State Bar No. 24063968 Email: lynch@roggedunngroup.com

ROGGE DUNN GROUP, PC 1201 Elm Street, Suite 5200 Dallas, Texas 75270-2142 Telephone: (214) 888-5000 Facsimile: (214) 220-3833

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF

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This is to certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument has been served upon all counsel of record in accordance with the Rules, this 1st day of May, 2019.

Robert K. Radcliff □ VIA ECF Scott McFadin □ VIA OVERNIGHT WEISTEIN RADCLIFF PIPKIN LLP □ VIA HAND DELIVERY 8350 North Central Expressway □ VIA FIRST CLASS MAIL Suite 1550 □ VIA FAX: 214-865-6140 □ VIA EMAIL: RRADCLIFF@WEINRAD.COM Dallas, Texas 75206

____________________________________ GREGORY M. CLIFT

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