Laura Leticia Zepeda Vasquez, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Jose Abraham Vasquez,Jr. v. Legend Natural Gas III, LP Legend Natural Gas, LLC Lewis Energy Group, LP And Lewis Petro Properties, Inc ( 2015 )

ACCEPTED 04-14-00899-cv FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 4/30/2015 4:24:07 PM KEITH HOTTLE CLERK No. 04-14-00899-CV LAURA LETICIA ZEPEDA § IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FILED IN 4th COURT OF APPEALS VASQUEZ, individually and on § SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS behalf of the ESTATE OF JOSE § 04/30/2015 4:24:07 PM ABRAHAM VASQUEZ JR., § KEITH E. HOTTLE Appellant, § Clerk FOURTH DISTRICT § v. § § LEGEND NATURAL GAS III § SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS L.P., et al., Appellees. VIRTEX APPELLEES’ MOTION FOR EXTENSION Virtex Operating Co. Inc. and Virtex Holdings L.L.P. (collectively, “the Virtex appellees”), two of the appellees, make this motion for extension of time for their appellees’ brief. I. BACKGROUND 1. This motion is made under Rules of Appellate Procedure 10.5(b) and 38.6(d). 2. Counsel for the Virtex appellees conferred with counsel for the appellant and confirmed that the relief sought by this motion is not opposed. 3. This is the Virtex appellees’ first motion for extension of time for the filing of its appellees’ brief. TEX. R. APP. P. 10.5(b)(1)(D). 1 II. GROUNDS AND AUTHORITIES 4. The Court may, under Rule of Appellate Procedure 38.6(d), extend the time to file a brief. 5. The online docket shows an April 30, 2015, deadline for appellees’ briefs. 6. The Virtex appellees request an additional 14 days (to May 14, 2015), to file their appellees’ brief. Brian Miller, the undersigned lead appellate counsel for the Virtex appellees, has spent a substantial part of the briefing period so far on the following matters, among others: (1) preparing trial and appellate court filings in opposition to a Rule of Civil Procedure 202 petition for pre-suit depositions in In re Madrigal, No. 15-124-D, in the 105th District Court, Kleberg County, and No. 13-15-203-CV in the Thirteenth Court of Appeals; (2) preparing summary judgment motions in a commercial construction defect case, Hensel Phelps Inc. v. Royal American Services Inc., No. 2014-593, in the 11th District Court, Harris County; and (3) preparing for and attending oral argument in the appeal of a wrongful death case, Westfreight Systems Inc. v. Heuston, No. 4-14-124-CV, in this Court. A 14-day extension is requested to provide ample time for the preparation of a brief of desired quality in this case. 7. For these reasons, good cause exists for the requested extension. 2 8. The facts in this motion are within the personal knowledge of the attorney signing this motion. TEX. R. APP. P. 10.2. PRAYER FOR RELIEF For the reasons stated above, the Virtex appellees ask that the Court grant an extension of time to May 14, 2015, to file their appellees’ brief. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Brian Miller Brian Miller (lead) State Bar No. 24002607 Christopher Lowrance State Bar No. 00784502 ROYSTON RAYZOR VICKERY & WILLIAMS L.L.P. Frost Bank Plaza, Suite 1300 802 N. Carancahua St. Corpus Christi, TX 78401 Tel. No. (361) 884-8808 Fax No. (361) 884-7261 E-mail: brian.miller@roystonlaw.com Appellate counsel for the Virtex appellees 3 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE On April 30, 2015, the undersigned conferred by telephone with Jeffrey Dorrell, counsel for the appellees, who advised that the extension sought by this motion is not opposed. /s/ Brian Miller Brian Miller CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that a true copy of this document was served via the e-filing system (if the individual was registered for service) and as shown below on April 30, 2015: Email: jdorrell@hanszenlaporte.com Email: ihuron@lawdcm.com Jeffrey L. Dorrell Isaac J. Huron HANSZEN LAPORTE L.L.P. DAVIS CEDILLO & MENDOZA INC. 11767 Katy Fwy., Ste. 850 McCombs Plaza, Suite 500 Houston, TX 77079 755 E. Mulberry Ave. San Antonio, TX 78212 Attorney for appellant Leticia Zepeda Vasquez Attorney for appellee Legend Natural Gas III, LP and Legend Natural Gas, LLC 4 Email: jeg@gvlaw.net Email: dortega@namanhowell.com Jose E. Garcia rmcnitzky@namanhowell.com GARCIA & VILLARREAL L.L.P. David L. Ortega 4311 N. McColl Rd. Richard McNitzky McAllen, TX 78504 NAMAN HOWELL SMITH & LEE P.L.L.C. Attorney for appellee XTO Energy, Union Square II Inc. 10001 Reunion Place, Suite #600 San Antonio, TX 78216 Attorney for appellees Lewis Energy Group, LP and Lewis Petro Properties, Inc. Email:babernathy@dakpc.com Email: mrodriguez@atlashall.com William A. Abernethy E. Michael Rodriguez DONNELL ABERNETHY & ATLAS HALL & RODRIGUEZ L.L.P. KIESCHNICK P.C. P.O. Box 6369 555 N. Carancahua, Ste. 1700 50 W. Morrison Rd., Ste. A Corpus Christi, TX 78401-0853 Brownsville, TX 78523-6369 Attorney for appellee Rosetta Attorney for appellees Enterprise Resources Operating, LP Products Holdings L.L.C. and Enterprise Products Company /s/ Brian Miller Brian Miller 5