03

- 14

- 00738

- CV

In the Court of Appeals For the Third District of Texas at Austin

Elness, Swenson, Graham Architects, Inc. , Appellant and Cross

- Appellee ,

v.

RLJ II

- C Austin Air, LP, RLJ II

- C Austin Air Lessee, LP, and RLJ Lodging Fund II Acquisitions, LLC, Appellees and Cross

- Appellants

.

On Appeal from the 200th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas Cause Number: D -1- GN

- 002325 The Honorable Stephen Yelenosky, Presiding Judge

APPELLANT’S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE REPLY BRIEF

Attorneys for Appellant and Cross

- Appellee

M ACDONALD D EVIN

, PC 3800 Renaissance Tower Dallas, Texas 75270 214.744.3300 telephone

214.747.0942 facsimile Gregory N. Ziegler Texas Bar No. 00791985 GZiegler@MacdonaldDevin.com Weston M. Davis Texas Bar No. 24065126 WDavis@MacdonaldDevin.com Steven R. Baggett Texas Bar No. 01510680 SBaggett@MacdonaldDevin.com ACCEPTED 03-14-00738-CV 5865989 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS 6/29/2015 3:21:03 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERK2 I DENTITY OF P ARTIES AND C OUNSEL

Defendant/Appellant /Cross

- Appellee

Elness, Swenson, Graham Architects, Inc.

Counsel for Defendant/Appellant /Cross

- Appellee

Gregory N. Ziegler Texas Bar No. 00791985 Steven R. Baggett Texas Bar No. 01510680 Weston M. Davis Texas Bar No. 24065126
M ACDONALD D EVIN , PC 1201 Elm Street 3800 Renaissance Tower Dallas, Texas 75270 214.744.3300 T elephone 214.747.0942 F acsimile

Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee /Cross

- Appellant

RLJ II

- C Austin Air, LP, RLJ II

- C Austin Air Lessee, LP, and RLJ Lodging Fund II Acquisitions, LLC represented by Michael Huddleston Stephen Gibson Benton T. Wheatley Tracy L. McCreight Jessica C. Neufeld
M UNSCH H ARDT K OPF & H ARR
, P.C. 401 Congress Ave, Suite 3050 Austin, Texas 78701 512.391.6100 Telephone 512.391.6149 Facsimile3 TO THE HONORABLE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS:

Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 10. 5(b) and 38.6(d), the Appellant and Cross

Appellee , Elness, Swenson, Graham Architects, Inc. (“ESG”), files this Unoppos ed

Motion to Extend Time to File Appellant’s Reply Brief. ESG’s reply brief is

currently due on July 1 , 2015. Counsel for ESG requests a 15

- day extension of

time to file its brief, making the brief due on July 1 6 , 2015. This is the first request

for exte nsion of time to file ESG’s reply brief. ESG and RLJ each previously

requested one 30

- day extension of time to file the Appellant’s and Cross

Appellant’s opening briefs and one 30

- day extension of time to file corresponding

response briefs

.

In addition t o the routine matters that counsel must attend to in daily

practice, counsel for ESG is preparing for the following matters :

1. Mediation of six related cases for breach of contractual duties involving

healthcare services on July 7, 2015 ;

2. Poulos v. Neidich , N o. 2013

- CA

- 11693 , in the Circ uit Court for the

Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County Florida

, Preparation for

Trial Setting on August 17, 2015 ; and

3. Suncoast Post

- Tension v. Peter Scoppa , et al. , N o. 4:13

- cv

- 3125 , in the

United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

,
preparation for docket call and trial on August 28, 2015.4 Counsel for ESG seeks this extension of time to be able to prepare a cogent

and succinct brief to aid this Court in its analysis of the issues presented. T his

request is not sought for delay but so that justice may be done.

Counsel for ESG has conferred with Michael W. Huddleston, counsel for the

Cross

- Appellant , and he has indicated that his client does not oppose this motion.

All facts recited in this mo tion are within the personal knowledge of the

counsel signing this motion, therefore no verification is necessary under Texas

Rule of Appellate Procedure 10.2.

PRAYER FOR RELIEF

For the reasons set forth above, ESG requests that this Court grant this

Unopposed Motion to Extend Time to File Appellant’s R eply Brief and extend the

deadline for filing Appellant’s R eply Brief up to and including July 1 6 , 2015. ESG

requests all other relief to which it may be entitled.5 Respectfully submitted,

M ACDONALD D EVIN , PC

By: / s/ Weston M. Davis Gregory N. Ziegler Texas Bar No. 00791985 GZiegler@MacdonaldDevin.com Steven R. Baggett Texas Bar No. 01510680 GZiegler@MacdonaldDevin.com Weston M. Davis Texas Bar No. 24065126 WDavis@MacdonaldDevin.com

1201 Elm Street 3800 Renaissance Tower Dallas, Texas 75270 214.744.3300 telephone 214.747 .0942 facsimile

Attorneys for Appellant Elness, Swenson, Graham Architects, Inc.

C ERTIFICATE OF S ERVICE

The undersigned attorney certifies that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Unopposed Motion to Extend Time to File Appellant’s Re ply Brief was served on all counsel of record in accordance with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure via e

- Filing, on June 29 , 201 5

.

/s/ Weston M. Davis Weston M. Davis6 C ERTIFICATE OF C ONFERENCE

Pursuant to T ex. R. A pp. P. 10.1(5), I certi fy that counsel for ESG conferred

with opposing counsel who indicated that his client does not oppose this motion.

/s/ Weston M. Davis Weston M. Davis