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 C RAMPTON L AW O FFICE 3355 B EE C AVES R OAD , S UITE 301 -B Austin, Texas 78746 (512) 892

- 9300 (512) 891

- 0262 (fax) mark@cloatx.com C OUNSEL FOR A PPELLANTS ACCEPTED 03-16-00580-CV 13905880 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS 11/21/2016 2:19:16 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERK2 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 Appellant s ’ Brief and respectfully show:

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

MARTINE Z, 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 thei r 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 , 201 7

.

2. T his 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.3 5. Appellants request an addi tional 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

Plain tiffs; (b) the complexity of th e issues; (c) t he 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 C RAMPTON L AW O FFICE 3355 Bee Caves Road, Suite 301

- B Austin, Texas 78746 (512) 892

- 9300 (512) 891

- 0262 (fax) mark@cloatx.com C OUNSEL FOR A PPELLANTS /P LAINTIFFS
AND C ROSS

- A PPELLEE /P LAINTIFF B AKER

C ERTIFICATE OF CONFER ENCE

Pursuant to T EX

. R. A PP

. P ROC

. 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 Crampton4 C ERTIFICATE OF S ERVICE
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