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 REPLY 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 reply brief in this court is June 3, 2015. 2. Appellant seeks an order extending the time for filing Appellant’s appellate brief for fifteen days, extending the date to June 18, 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) Continued work 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 to the Japanese High Court 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, with final briefing due on June 2, 2015, JST. (ii) Continued work 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, wherein inspection of equipment at issue is scheduled during the week of May 25, 2015. (iii) Continued work in the case of ADM Milling Co. eta al v. Hesed Enterprises, etal v. ADM Milling Co., etal , Cause No DC-13-13400-M, 298 th Judicial District Court, Dallas Appellant’s Motion for Extension of Time to File Reply Brief, Page 1 ACCEPTED 12-14-00344-CV TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS

TYLER, TEXAS 5/18/2015 2:05:11 PM CATHY LUSK CLERKCounty , Tex as, w herein motions f or summary judg ment are s e t o n J u n e 6, 2015, with response deadline of May 30, 2015.
4. Appellant’s attorney is a sole-practitioner with a small o ffice and limited staff and had scheduled his work in other matters ex pecting the Appellee’s brief to be filed at or n ear the deadline for filing the brief, May 25, 2015, thus the early filing of the Appellee’s B rief c reates a nd causes a substantial interruption in the Appellant’s attorney ’s schedule.
5. Appellant h a s m a d e no previous requests f or an ex tension to file the A ppellant’s reply brief.
6. The ex tension of time requested will not prejudice o r i n c o n venience Appellee in any
manner, nor will the time for submission o f this case be e x tended b y g ranting an ex tension of time in which to file Appellant’s reply brief.
7. F or these reasons, Appellant respectfully requests the Court to g rant the Appellant a ten day ex tension, to J une 5, 2015, to file his reply 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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. R. App. P. 10.1(a)(5), I cert i f y t h a t I have attempted to confer with Counsel for Appellee, S.W

. L oan O O , L .P., and after three day s, Counsel for Appellee has not responded t o t h e i n q u i r y of whether or not Appellee was opposed to Appellant’s F irst Motion f or Ex tension of Time To F ile Reply B rief; therefore, it is assumed Appellee is opposed.

/s/ Robert H. Holmes Robert H. Holmes
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I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foreg o ing instrument has been delivered to the attorney

of record for S.W . L oan OO, L .P., on May 18, 2015 via efile Tex as. /s/ rhholmes Robert H. Holmes

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