Mateo Cortez, as Representative of the Estate of Deborah Cortez v. Sandra Flesher Brown, Charlotte Flesher Ash, Charlene Flesher Johnston, Connie Lou Keith Barry, Randall Wayne Davis, Virginia Villers, Charles Roberts, Lisa A. Smith, Patricia Chapman, Betty J. Marks Webb, James Berl Marks, Linda Murray ( 2017 )

ACCEPTED 03-17-00365-cv 21306984 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 12/14/2017 4:57 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE 515 Congress Avenue, Suite 1900 | Austin, TX 78701 CLERK Phone 512.708.1000 | Fax 512.708.1002 www.beckredden.com AMANDA TAYLOR RECEIVED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS BOARD CERTIFIED • CIVIL APPELLATE LAW ataylor@beckredden.com AUSTIN, TEXAS TEXAS BOARD OF LEGAL SPECIALIZATION Direct: (512) 900-3217 12/14/2017 4:57:32 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE December 14, 2017 Clerk RE: Cortez v. Brown, et. al., No. 03-17-00365-CV, in the Court of Appeals for the Third Judicial District of Texas, in Austin. Jeffrey D. Kyle, Clerk Via E-Filing Third Court of Appeals P.O. Box 12547 Austin, Texas 78711-2547 Dear Mr. Kyle: On December 13, 2017, Appellant in the above-referenced case filed a Response to the Appellees’ Motion to Dismiss for Want of Jurisdiction, and his counsel filed a Motion for Leave to File an Amended Notice of Appeal. The Appellees intend to file a Reply in support of their Motion and a Response to the Motion on or before December 29, 2017. Although we would normally respond within 10 days, extra time is needed due to out-of-town travel for the holidays beginning on December 15, and due to the complexity of issues raised and volume of outside-of-the-record documents attached to Appellant’s Response. Please provide a copy of this letter to the Honorable Justices of our assigned panel. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, Amanda Taylor AGT/jlv CC: Brian Thompson (via email) Aaron Boone (via email) December 14, 2017 Page 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing letter has been electronically filed and served on all counsel below on December 14, 2017. See Tex. R. App. P. 9.2(c)(1), 9.5(b)(1). BROTHERTON LAW FIRM SUSAN VANCE LAW PLC William J. Brotherton Susan S. Vance Shawn M. Brotherton 201 W. 5th Street, Suite 1100 2340 FM 407, Suite 200 Austin, Texas 78701 Highland Village, TX 75077 susan@svancelaw.com william@brothertonlaw.com 866-523-5449 Fax shawn@brothertonlaw.com 972-317-0189 Fax /s/ Amanda G. Taylor Amanda G. Taylor