Craig A. Washington v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline ( 2015 )

ACCEPTED
03-15-00083-CV
7791417
THIRD COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
11/12/2015 9:13:48 AM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
CLERK
No. 03-15-00083-CV
FILED IN
In the Third District Court of Appeals 3rd COURT OF APPEALS
Houston, Texas AUSTIN, TEXAS
11/12/2015 9:13:48 AM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
Clerk
CRAIG A. WASHINGTON,
Appellant,
vs.
COMMISSION FOR LAWYER DISCPLINE,
Appellee.
UNOPPOSED MOTION OF CRAIG A. WASHINGTON TO
EXTEND DEADLINE FOR APPELTANT'S REPLY BRIEF
Appellant Craig A. Washington asks that this Court for an extension of
seven days (7) days for the filing of his Appellanfs Reply Brief, making the new
briefing deadline November 19,2015. In support, Mr. Washington states:
1,. This is an appeal from a final judgment signed |anuary 8, 2015. The
completed clerk's record was filed June 2, 2015, and the reporter's record was
filed May L5, 2015. The reply brief of the appellant is due November 12,2015.
This court can extend that deadline. Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(d). This is the
appellants' first request to extend his reply deadline, and it is unopposed.
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2. Counsel for Mr. Washington, ]ohn MacVane, will be responsible for
the drafting of the reply brief and has a temporary injunction hearing set in
Cause Number 153277 437 -15.
3. In order to adequately focus on the briefing in this case and to
accommodate Mr. MacVane's other obligations, Mr. Washington requests a 7-
day extension of the deadline for appellanfs reply brief. A7-day extension of the
briefing deadline would make appellants' rcply brief due on Thursday,
November 19,2015.
4. This is the Appellants' first request to extend the reply deadline, and
it is unopposed
Request for Relief
For the above reasons, Appellant, Craig A. Washington asks this Court to
extend Íor 7 days the deadline for the filing its Appellanfs Reply Brief in this
appeal, making the new deadline November 19,2015.
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Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Iohn MøcVøne
Michael A. Stafford
Texas Bar No. 18996970
mstafford@gardere.com
Katharine David
Texas Bar No. 24045749
kdavid@gardere.com
|ohn MacVane
Texas Bar No. 24085444
jmacvane@gardere.com
GARDERE WYNNE SEWETL LLP
L000 Louisiana, Suite 3400
Houston, Texas 77 002-5007
Tel: 713.276.5500
Fax: 713.276.5555
ATTORNEYS FOR APPETLANT,
CRAIG A. WASHINGTON,
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that a copy of this document was served on November 12,2015,by
delivery to the following counsel via the Electronic Filing Manager:
Cynthia Canfield Hamilton
Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel
State Bar of Texas
Post Office Box 12487
Austiry Texas 7871'1,
chamilton@texasbar.com
/s/ ïohn MøcVane
|ohn MacVane
CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
The parties' counsel have conferred regarding the relief requested. in this
motion. Counsel for the Appellee-Commission for Lawyer Discipline-
indicated that it will NOT oppose this request for relief.
/s/ Iohn MacVøne
John MacVane
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