XTO Energy Inc. v. Elton Goodwin

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: September 16, 2016
• Docket: 12-16-00068-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 12-16-00068-CV TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS TYLER, TEXAS 9/16/2016 1:45:33 PM Pam Estes CLERK

CAUSE NO. 12-16-00068-CV _____________________________ FILED IN 12th COURT OF APPEALS

C A TYLER, TEXAS OURT OF PPEALS 9/16/2016 1:45:33 PM T D WELFTH ISTRICT OF EXAST PAM ESTES Clerk ______________________

XTO ENERGY, INC., APPELLANT

V.

ELTON GOODWIN, APPELLEE __________________________________________________________________

On Appeal from Cause No. CV 13-9496 rd 273 District Court, San Augustine County, Texas The Honorable Charles Mitchell, presiding _________________________________________________________________

SECOND UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF OF APPELLEE, ELTON GOODWIN _________________________________________________________________

TO THE HONORABLE TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS:

Elton Goodwin, Appellee, respectfully moves for a second thirty day

extension of time within which to file his appellee’s brief. His brief is currently due

on September 30, 2016, following one extension and Mr. Goodwin requests that

deadline be extended by an additional thirty days, up to and including October 30,

2016. The grounds for this motion are: The undersigned counsel, Deborah Race, is responsible for preparing and

filing Mr. Goodwin’s brief. In addition to the reasons stated in the prior motion,

the undersigned counsel’s husband was admitted to the hospital on September 7,

2016, following a sudden illness and is still hospitalized today. As a result,

counsel has been unable to work on this brief in the interim and needs the

additional extension to catch up once her husband is released.

Appellant XTO Energy, Inc., filed its brief on July 30, 2016, following two

extensions. The undersigned counsel has contacted Charles “Skip” Watson, Jr.,

counsel for appellant, and he has stated he does not oppose this motion.

Date: September 16, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

BY: /s/ Deborah Race Deborah Race State Bar No. 16448700 drace@icklaw.com IRELAND, CARROLL & KELLEY, P.C. 6101 S. Broadway, Suite 500 Tyler, Texas 75703 Tel: (903) 561-1600 Fax: (903) 581-1071

COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE

2 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

On September 16, 2016, the undersigned counsel for Appellee emailed Mr.

Charles R. “Skip” Watson, counsel for Appellant regarding the relief requested in

this motion. Mr. Watson does not oppose a 30-day extension.

/s/ Deborah Race

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on September 16, 2016, a true and correct copy of the

foregoing Unopposed Motion for Extension to File Brief of Appellee, Elton

Goodwin, was served via EFileTx.Gov e-service on the following counsel of

record:

Charles R. “Skip” Watson, Jr. Jason R. Mills cwatson@lockelord.com jmills@freemanmillspc.com Mike A. Hatchell Graham K. Simms mahatchell@lockelord.com gsimms@freemanmillspc.com LOCKE LORD LLP Tyler “Gus” A. Clardy 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 2200 gclardy@freemanmillspc.com Austin, TX 78701 FREEMAN MILLS P.C. COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT 601 Shelley Drive, Ste. 201 Tyler, TX 75701 COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT