No. 03-15-00365-CV IN THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS

at AUSTIN, TEXAS
JAMES C. MOSSER and MOSSER LAW PLLC,

Appellants

v. BOB MIMS, Appellee

APPEALED FROM THE 340 th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

TOM GREEN COUNTY, TEXAS APPELLANTS’ THIRD MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE ORIGINAL BRIEF COMES NOW, Appellants, James C. Mosser, and Mosser Law PLLC, and files this their Motion to Extend Time to File Original Brief, and in support thereof would show the following: I NTRODUCTION 1. Appellants are James C. Mosser, and Mosser Law, PLLC. 2. Appellee is Bob Mims. 3. There is no specific deadline to file this motion to extend time. See

APPELLANTS’ MOTION TO EXTEND TIME Page 1 of 5 ACCEPTED 03-15-00365-CV 7741308 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS 11/9/2015 11:52:44 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERKTEX

. R. APP. P. 38. 6(d). A R G U M E N T & A U T H O R I T I E S 4. The Court has aut horit y under Tex as Rule of Appellat e Proc edure 38. 6(d) t o ex tend t he time t o f ile a brief

. 5. Appellant s ’ Brief is Due on Nov ember 9, 2015 6. Appellant s ’ reques t an addit ional fourt een day s t o f ile t heir brief ,
ex t ending t he t ime unt il Monday , N ov ember 23, 2015. 7. Tw o ex t ens ions has been grant ed t o ex t end the t ime to f ile the Appellant s ’ Brief

. 8. I n addit ion t o w ork ing on t his appeal, Couns el f or Appellant s has been handling a v ery bus y lit igat ion s chedule in t he t hirt y day s s inc e t he court grant ed it s prev ious ex t ens ion. Couns el has engaged in

s ignif ic ant t rial preparat ion w ork , t rial at t endanc e, dis c ov ery , and w as required t o res pond t o a v oluminous Mot ion f or Summary J udgment

. 9. Furt hermore, t he t rial c ourt ’s ex tens iv e order aw arding s anc tions in t his c as e is nine pages long c ons is t ing of f if t y -f our paragraphs

. Appellant m us t res pond t o eac h as sert ion m ade t herein, or it ris k s

w aiv ing an is s ue on appeal. CR 1: 420-428 10. Addit ionally , Couns el f or Appellant s believ es t hat t he unique

APPELLANT S’ MOT ION T O EX TEND T IME Pag e 2 of 5pos it ions on the law t hat undergird t his c as e, pos it ions on w hic h t he

Supreme C ourt has grant ed a Pet it ion f or Rev iew , w arrant addit ional

res earc h t o ens ure t hat all mat t ers are f ully and adequat ely brief ed f or t his c ourt

. See W

ood v

. HSBC et al. , 439 S. W

. 3d 585 (Tex

. App. –Hous t on [ 14 t h Dis t ] 2014, pet

. f iled), rev iew grant ed, No. 14-0714 (Tex

. Oc t ober 9, 2015). 11. Thus , t his mot ion is not f iled f or t he purpos e of delay , but t o allow

c ouns el adequat e t ime t o res pons ibly c omplet e t he brief on t he merit s

. C O N C L U S I O N 12. Appellant ’s bus y lit igat ion s c hedule, c oupled w it h the Supreme Court ’s dec is ion t o grant rev iew in W ood v

. H SBC

and t he ef

f ec t t hat dec is ion may hav e on t his appeal and t he unique pos it ions pres ent ed in t he t rial c ourt ’s order and here w arrant s an addit ional ex t ens ion of t ime. P R A Y E R W HEREFORE, PREMI SES CONSI DERED, Appellant s as k t he Court t o grant an ex t ens ion of t ime t o f ile t heir brief unt il Monday , Nov ember 9, 2015

APPELLANT S’ MOT ION T O EX TEND T IME Pag e 3 of 5Res pec t f ully Submit ted, M O S S E R L A W PLLC / s / Paul J

. Dow ney J ames C. Mos s er Tex as Bar N o. 00789784 Nic holas D. Mos s er Tex as Bar N o. 24075405 Paul J

. Dow ney Tex as Bar N o. 24080659 2805 Dallas Park w ay , Suit e 220 Plano, Tex as 75093 Tel. (972) 733-3223 Fax

. (469) 626-1073 c ourt doc ument s @ mos s erlaw

. c om C E R T I F I C A T E O F C O N F E R E N C E I hereby c ert if

y t hat I hav e c onf erred w it h Larry W

. Bale, Couns el f or Appellee, by telephone on Nov ember 9, 2015 in ac c ordanc e w it h TEX

. R. CI V. P. 10. 5(a)(5), and he remains oppos ed t o any ex tens ions in t his c as e. / s / Paul J

. Dow ney Paul J

. Dow ney

. C E R T I F I C A T E O F S E R V IC E I hereby c ert if

y t hat on Nov ember 9, 2015, I s erv ed a c opy of Appellant s ’ Mot ion t o Ex t end Time to F ile Original Brief on t he part y lis t ed below by elec t ronic s erv ic e and t hat t he elec tronic t rans mis s ion w as report ed as c omplet e. My email addres s is c ourt doc ument s @ mos s erlaw

. com / s / Paul J

. Dow ney Paul J

. Dow ney A ppel l ee Bob Mims , repres ent ed by Hay , W it t enburg, Dav is , Caldw ell & Bale, LLP Larry W

. Bale
APPELLANT S’ MOT ION T O EX TEND T IME Pag e 4 of 5Tex as Bar N o. 01629830

P. O. Box 271 San Angelo, T ex as 76092 Tel. (325) 658-2728 lw b@ hw dc b. c om

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