the-better-business-bureau-of-metropolitan-houston-inc-the-better ( 2015 )

COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE
FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON
ORDER
Appellate case name: The Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan Houston, Inc., The Better
Business Bureau of Metropolitan Houston Education Foundation, Dan
Parson, Chris Church, Church Enterprise, Inc., Gary Milleson, Ronald
N. McMillan, D’Artagnan Bebel, Mark Goldie, Charlie Hollis, and
Steven Lufburrow v. John Moore Services, Inc. and John Moore
Renovation, LLC
Appellate case number: 01-14-00687-CV
Trial court case number: 2013-76215
Trial court: 269th District Court of Harris County
In an order issued April 1, 2015, this Court determined that it is appropriate to refer this
appeal for resolution by mediation. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. §§ 154.021,
154.022(a), 154.023. This Court issued a second order on May 14, 2015, granting the parties’
request for an extension of the deadlines set by this Court’s April 1, 2015 order.
Pursuant to the revised deadlines set by our May 14, 2015 order, the parties filed a notice
to this Court identifying the chosen mediator for this cause. In their notice, the parties requested
additional time to mediate this cause.
This Court GRANTS the parties’ request for additional time. The deadlines set by the
court’s May 14, 2015 order are amended as follows.
• No later than 15 days from the date that this order is issued, the parties
shall file with the Clerk of this Court a completed “Parties’ Notification to Court
of Mediator.” This document can be downloaded from the forms page of the
Court’s website at http://www.1stcoa.courts.state.tx.us.
• No later than 60 days from the date that this order is issued, the parties
shall conduct the mediation.
• No later than two days from the conclusion of the mediation, the parties
and the mediator shall advise the Clerk of this Court in writing whether the parties
did or did not settle the underlying dispute, and the mediator shall file with the
Clerk of this Court a completed “Appointment and Fee Report—Mediation” form.
This document can be downloaded from the forms page of the Court’s website at
http://www.1stcoa.courts.state.tx.us.
It is so ORDERED.
Judge’s signature: /s/ Michael Massengale
 Acting individually  Acting for the Court
Date: June 30, 2015