NUMBER 04-17- 00334

- CV

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IN THE FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

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LOUIS DORFMAN , et al,

v.

VICEROY PETROLEUM

, L.P. et al,

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UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF

John F. Carroll

State Bar No. 03888100

Attorney at Law

111 West Olmos Drive

San Antonio, Texas 78212

Telephone: (210) 829

- 7183

Facsimile: (210) 829

- 0734

jcarrollsatx@gmail.com

Jon Christian Amberson

State Bar No. 01141700

Chris@ambersonpc.com

Laris sa Janee Hood

State Bar No. 240 4 1126

Larissa@ambersonpc.com

JON CH RISTIAN AMBERSO, P.C.

Attorneys at Law 2

2 135 E. Hildebrand Avenue

San Antonio, Texas 78209

(210 ) 826

- 3339 Telephone

(210) 826

- 3340 Facsimile

Counsel for Dorfman Appellants ACCEPTED

04-17-00334-CV

FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

11/1/2017 11:33 AMTO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE F OURTH COURT OF APPEALS:

NOW COME Louis Dorfman, K.I. Holdings, Ltd., Sam Myers, JMD

Resources, Inc., Billy Cogdell Bowden , Barbara Stanfield, Stacey Dorfman

Kivowitz, Julia Dorfman, Mark Dorfman, Samuel Grant Dorfman, Individually

and as Independent Executor of the Estate of Sam Y. Dorfman, Deceased, and

John Pritchett, Trustee of the CKK 2012 Trust, Plaintiffs /Counter

- Defendants

(he reinafter the “ D orfman Appellants ”) and file this Unopposed Motion for

Extension of Time to File Appellants ’ Brief pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate

Procedure 10.5(b) and in support thereof would show the Court as follows:

1. The deadline for Appellants to file their Brief in this case is N ovember

3 , 2017.

2. Appellants seek an extension of time of t hirty ( 30 ) days so that the

Response would be due on D ecember 4 , 2017.

3. The facts relied on to reasonab ly explain the need for an extension are

the following:

a. This case involves appeals by all parties of separate rulings by the trial

court on competing motions for summary j udgment. Two of the Appellants on the

opposite side of the case from the Dorfman A p pellants hav e requested similar

extension s of t ime to file their opening briefs so the requested extension will not

2delay presentation of this appeal to the Court and wi ll maintain an orderly briefing

schedule

.

b. Counsel has been out of his office most of this week with what has

been diagnosed as a sinus infection. This has caused a backlog of work and

, while I

have returned to work today, I am not at 100%.

4. N o previous extensions of t ime have been granted for filing the

A p pellants ’ Brief

.

5. On October 31

, 2017 and November 1, 2017 , Undersigned Counsel

conferred by e

- mail with the other parties in this case and this request for extension

of time to file Appellants’ Brief is not opposed.

WHEREFORE, the D orfman Appellants, respectfu lly request an extension

of time to file brief of t hirty (30) days so that the Appellants’ Brief is due to be

filed on or before D ecember 4 , 2017.

Respectfully Submitted,

John F. Carroll

State Bar No. 03888100

jcarrollsatx@gmail.com

Attorney at Law

111 West Olmos Drive

San Antonio, Texas 78212

Telephone 210

- 829

- 7183

Facsimile 210

- 829

- 0734

3By: /s/ John F. Carroll

John F. Carroll

State Bar No. 03888100

Counsel for Appellants

4CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the Unopposed Motion for

Extension of Time to File Brief has been served on the parties listed below on this

1 st day of November , 2017 by e

- service :

Charles W. Gameros, Jr.

HOGE & GAMEROS, LLP

4514 Cole Ave.

Suite 1500

Dalla s, Texas 75205

Facsimile No. (214) 292

- 8556

E

- mail: BGameros@LegalTexas.com Paul a C. Boston

pboston@langleybanack.com

Catherine Stone

cstone@langleybanack.com

LANGLEY & BANACK. INC.

Trinity Plaza II, Suite 700

745 East Mulberry Avenue

San Antonio, Texas 78212

GARY M. POENISCH, PLLC

206 E. Locust Street, Suite 218

San Antonio, Texas 78212

Facsimile Number (210) 212

- 2178

E

- Mail: gpoenisch@locuststreetlaw.com J ane M.N. Webre

jwebre@scottdoug.com

Asher Griffin

agriffin@scottdoug.com

SCOTT DOUGLAS & M cCONNICO

LLP

303 Colorado Street, Suite 2400

Austin

, T exas 78701

Clinton M. Butler

Elizabeth R. Kopecki

LANGLEY, BANACK & BUTLER

114 N. Panna Maria Ave.

Karnes City, Texas 78118

Facsimile No.: (830) 780

- 2700

cbutler@langleybanack.com

ekopecki@langleybanack.com Suzanne Coates Taylor

2135 E. Hildebrand Avenue

San Antonio, Texas 78209

staylor@coatestaylorlaw.com

/s/ John F. Carroll

John F. Carroll

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