Court of Appeals Number 12-14-00344-CV Trial Court Number 12-0384-A VICTOR LISSIAK, JR., Appellant, COURT OF APPEALS v. TWELFTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS S.W. LOAN OO, L.P., Appellee.
APPELLANT’S FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

TO FILE APPELLATE BRIEF Under Rule 38.6(d) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, Appellant Victor Lissiak, Jr., files this motion for an order extending the time to file Appellant’s appellate brief, and respectfully shows the court the following: 1. The deadline for filing Appellant’s appellate brief in this court is February 25, 2015. 2. Appellant seeks an order extending the time for filing Appellant’s appellate brief for thirty days, extending the date to March 25, 2015. 3. Appellant relies on the following facts as a reasonable explanation for the requested extension of time. Appellant’s attorney, has been required to devote time to other client matters, including: (i) Joint preparation, as lead counsel, in conjunction with attorneys of Jones Day in San Francisco, California and Bengoshi of Jones Day in Tokyo, Japan for the “first hearing” in the District Court, Osaka, Japan in the appeal of an award in an arbitration proceeding in Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., etal v. Prem Sales, LLC, etal, Case No. 11-02, Osaka, Japanese Commercial Arbitration Association, on February 20, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. JST (February 19, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. CST) for which Holmes received telephonic notice of on February 4, 2015, at approximately 10:15 p.m. CST. (ii) Completion of extensive discovery and discovery disputes in the case of Spa Castle Texas, LLC, etal v. Miura North America, Inc. & JB Industrial Contractors, Inc. , Cause No. 2013-10309-16, 16 th Judicial District Court, Denton County, Texas.

Appellant’s Motion for Extension of Time to File Appellate Brief, Page 1 ACCEPTED 12-14-00344-CV TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS

TYLER, TEXAS 2/5/2015 10:08:36 AM CATHY LUSK CLERK(iii) I n ADM Milling Co. eta al v. Hesed Enterprises, etal v. ADM Milling Co., etal , Cause

No DC-13-13400-M, 298 t h J udicial District Court, Dallas County , Tex a s, and related cases. (iv) F inaliz ing and filing di spositive pleading s in two adversary p roceeding s in the U. S. B a nkruptcy Court, Eastern D istrict of Tex as, Sherman Division, related to this case, being Adversary Case Nos. 14-0408 5 & 14-04087, and involving family members of Appellant.
4. Ap p e l l a n t ’ s attorney is a sole-practitioner with a small office and limited staff and the substantial interruption caused by the scheduling in the case before the Osaka District Court, Osaka,
J apan prevents Appellant’s attorney from devo t i n g t h e time required to prepare and file the Appellant’s brief. 5. Appellant has made no previous requests for an ex tension to file the Appellant’s brief.
6. The ex tension of time requeste d w i l l not prejudice or inconvenience Appellee in any
manner, nor w ill the time for submission of this case be e x tended b y g ranting an ex tension of time in which to file Appellant’s brief.
7. F or these reasons, Appellant respectfully requests the Court to g rant the Appellant a thirty day ex tension, to March 25, 2015, to file his brief.
Respectfully submitted,
T H E H O L M E S L AW F I R M , I N C

. B y : /s/ R. H. Holmes Robert H. Holmes SB N 09908400
3401 B everly

Drive Dallas, Tex as 75205 Telephone: 214-384-3182 F acsimile: 214-522-6673 email: rhholmes@swbell.net
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