No. 03-16-00580-CV

No. 03-16-00607-CV

In the Third Court of Appeals

Austin, Texas

AARON BISHOP, ALBERT CORTEZ, JR., AURELIO MARTINEZ, TOMAS 

MONTEZ, RICARDO PELAYO, RODERICK WESLEY, RONALD BOOKER, 

ERIC DELOSSANTOS, JOVITA LOPEZ, NORRIS MCKENZIE, OSCAR 

RAMIREZ, MONROE YARBROUGH, RICHARD BURNS, HENRY MORENO, 

JESSE PRADO, ET AL.

Plaintiffs – Appellants

v. 

THE CITY OF AUSTIN

Defendant - Appellee

Appeal from Cause No. D-1-GN-14-002459

345th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas

UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE BRIEF OF 

APPELLANTS

 Mark Crampton

 State Bar No. 00789786

 CRAMPTON LAW OFFICE

 3355 BEE CAVES ROAD, SUITE 301-B 

 Austin, Texas 78746

 (512) 892-9300

 (512) 891-0262 (fax)

 mark@cloatx.com 

COUNSEL FOR APPELLANTS

ACCEPTED

03-16-00580-CV

13905880

THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS

11/21/2016 2:19:16 PM

JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERK

 FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 11/21/2016 2:19:16 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk
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TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS:

Appellants, AARON BISHOP, ALBERT CORTEZ, JR., AURELIO 

MARTINEZ, TOMAS MONTEZ, RICARDO PELAYO, RODERICK WESLEY, 

RONALD BOOKER, ERIC DELOSSANTOS, JOVITA LOPEZ, NORRIS 

MCKENZIE, OSCAR RAMIREZ, MONROE YARBROUGH, RICHARD 

BURNS, HENRY MORENO, JESSE PRADO, ET AL., file this Unopposed 

Motion to Extend Time to File Appellants’ Brief and respectfully show:

1. Appellants, AARON BISHOP, ALBERT CORTEZ, JR., AURELIO 

MARTINEZ, TOMAS MONTEZ, RICARDO PELAYO, RODERICK WESLEY, 

RONALD BOOKER, ERIC DELOSSANTOS, JOVITA LOPEZ, NORRIS 

MCKENZIE, OSCAR RAMIREZ, MONROE YARBROUGH, RICHARD 

BURNS, HENRY MORENO, JESSE PRADO, ET AL. (“Appellants”) ask the 

Court to extend the time to file their brief. Appellants’ deadline for filing its brief 

is November 28, 2016. The parties previously submitted a Stipulation that extends 

the deadline to file Appellants’ Brief (No. 03-16-00580-CV) to January 2, 2017.

2. This motion is filed before the date the brief is due. See Tex. R. App. Proc. 

38.6(d).

3. Appellee agrees to this extension and do not oppose this motion.

4. The Court has authority under the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 

38.6(d) to extend the time to file the brief.
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5. Appellants request an additional thirty five (35) days to file their brief, 

extending the time until January 2, 2017.

6. This is Appellants’ first request for an extension.

7. Appellants need additional time to file their brief because (a) the number if 

Plaintiffs; (b) the complexity of the issues; (c) the voluminous size of the Clerk’s 

Record; and (d) the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

8. For the reasons stated above, Appellants ask the Court to grant an extension 

of time in which to file its brief until January 2, 2017.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,

By: /s/ Mark Crampton

Mark Crampton

State Bar No. 00789786

CRAMPTON LAW OFFICE

3355 Bee Caves Road, Suite 301-B

Austin, Texas 78746

(512) 892-9300

(512) 891-0262 (fax)

mark@cloatx.com

COUNSEL FOR APPELLANTS/PLAINTIFFS

AND CROSS-APPELLEE/PLAINTIFF BAKER

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

Pursuant to TEX. R. APP. PROC. 10.5, I certify that I conferred with counsel 

for Appellee, Lynn E. Carter, who advised she is unopposed to the filing of this 

motion and the extension of time to file Appellants’ Brief requested herein.

/s/ Mark Crampton

Mark Crampton
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I served a copy of this notice on counsel of record 

electronically, in accordance with the Court’s rules on electronic filing, on 

November 21, 2016, as listed below:

Via E-Service to:

Lynn E. Carter

Lynn.carter@austintexas.gov

Michael Siegel

Michael.siegel@austintexas.gov

City of Austin-Law Department

P. O. Box 1546

Austin, Texas 78767-1546

/s/ Mark Crampton

Mark Crampton