Alphonso Crutch Life Support Center, Inc. v. Mike Morath, Commissioner of Education in His Official Capacity And John Doe and Jane Doe, in Their Official Capacities ( 2015 )

ACCEPTED 03-15-00509-CV 7995768 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 11/25/2015 2:50:44 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK No. 03-15-00509-CV IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD DISTRICT OF TEXAS FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 11/25/2015 2:50:44 PM ALPHONSO CRUTCH LIFE SUPPORT CENTER,JEFFREY INC., D. KYLE Appellant , Clerk v. MICHAEL L. WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION; HOLLAND TIMMINS, DESIGNEE OF THE COMMISSIONER; AND THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, Appellees. From the 353rd Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas APPELLANT’S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE BRIEF Appellant Alphonso Crutch Life Support Center, Inc. asks the court to extend the time to file its brief. A. Introduction 1. Appellant is Alphonso Crutch Life Support Center 2. Appellee is Michael L. Williams, et. al. 3. The deadline to file this response is December 9, 2015 4. The motion is unopposed. B. Argument and Authorities 5. The Court has authority under TRAP 38.6 and 10.5 to extend the time to file the brief. 6. Appellant seeks an extension to January 11th, 2016 to file the brief and the appellee does not oppose. 7. No extension has been granted before to extend the time to file Appellant’s brief. 8. Appellant needs additional time because of an extreme busy schedule, including the following: the week of November 9th taking depositions for a December arbitration; the week of November 16th serving as lead counsel in a 5 day trial; the week of November 23rd preparing pretrial disclosures for an upcoming arbitration and objections to witnesses and exhibits; and the undersigned counsel has two Arbitrations scheduled in early December. One is scheduled December 1-3 and the other December 7-11. Counsel has a deposition in another case set the next week and then the Holidays begin. C. Conclusion/Prayer 9. For these reasons Appellant asks the Court to grant an extension of time to file its brief until January 11, 2015. Respectfully submitted, THE BLEDSOE LAW FIRM, PLLC By:/s/ Gary L. Bledsoe Gary L. Bledsoe State Bar No. 02476500 garybledsoe@sbcglobal.net Alondra Johnson ajohnson@thebledsoelawfirm.com State Bar No. 24087801 316 W. 12th Street Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 322-9992 Telephone (512) 322-0840 Fax CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE I certify that I have conferred with Beth Klusmann by telephone and e-mail and she has agreed and is unopposed to Appellant’s Motion to Extend Time. /s/ Gary L. Bledsoe Gary Bledsoe CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument has been forwarded to the following parties via e-mail/e-service, United States certified mail and/or via facsimile on this 25th day of November 2015. Beth Klusmann Assistant Solicitor General bethklusmann@texasattorneygeneral.com (512) 936-1914 /s/ Gary L. Bledsoe Gary Bledsoe