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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

DALLAS DIVISION

In re:

Highland Capital Management, L.P., 

Debtor.

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Case No. 19-34054 

NexPoint Advisors, L.P. et al., 

Appellants,

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Highland Capital Management, L.P., 

Appellee. 

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Civil Act. No. 3:22-cv-02170-S 

Appeal from the United States Bankruptcy 

Court for the Northern District of Texas 

Adv. No. 21-03010 

UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND BRIEF DEADLINE

TO THE HONORABLE KAREN GREN SCHOLER,

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE:

NOW COME appellants NexPoint Advisors, L.P. and Highland Capital Management Fund 

Advisors, L.P. (“Appellants”) and file this Unopposed Motion to Extend Brief Deadline, in support 

of which they would respectfully show as follows: 

Appellants initiated this bankruptcy appeal by filing a notice of appeal on September 20, 

2022. The Bankruptcy Clerk transmitted the record on appeal to the District Court on November 

22, 2022. Under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8018(a)(1), the deadline for Appellants to file their brief is 

thirty days later, or December 22, 2022. Given the busy holiday season and the number and 

complexity of issues on appeal, Appellants contacted appellee Highland Capital Management, L.P. 

(“Appellee”) to request an extension. Appellee has agreed to a 21-day extension of the brief 

deadline. 

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Under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8013(b), the Court may rule on a procedural motion without 

awaiting a response. That is particularly appropriate here where Appellee has consented to the 

relief requested herein. Accordingly, Appellants respectfully request that the Court enter an order 

extending their brief deadline 21 days to January 12, 2023. Appellants make this request not for 

purposes of delay but so that justice may be done. 

 RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 12th day of December, 2022. 

MUNSCH HARDT KOPF & HARR P.C.

/s/ Julian P. Vasek

Davor Rukavina 

Texas Bar No. 

Julian P. Vasek

Texas Bar No. 24070790 

500 N. Akard St., Ste. 3800 

Dallas, TX 75201 

214-855-7500 

drukavina@munsch.com

jvasek@munsch.com

COUNSEL FOR APPELLANTS

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

The undersigned hereby certifies that he conferred with John Morris, counsel for Appellee, 

on December 8, 2022, and Appellee does not oppose the relief requested herein. 

/s/ Julian P. Vasek

Julian P. Vasek

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned hereby certifies that, on December 12, 2022, he caused a true and correct 

copy of this document to be served on the following recipient(s) via the Court’s CM/ECF system:

Case Admin Sup txnb_appeals@txnb.uscourts.gov 

Melissa S Hayward mhayward@haywardfirm.com, mholmes@haywardfirm.com 

Stacey G Jernigan sgj_settings@txnb.uscourts.gov, anna_saucier@txnb.uscourts.gov 

Zachery Z Annable zannable@haywardfirm.com, zannable@franklinhayward.com

/s/ Julian P. Vasek

Julian P. Vasek

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