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No. 14-18-00288-CV 

IN THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS

HOUSTON, TEXAS

PINTAIL LANDFILL, LLC, 

 Appellant, 

v. 

TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; RICHARD A. HYDE, P.E.,

IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS TCEQ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; AND 

CITIZENS AGAINST THE LANDFILL IN HEMPSTEAD, 

 Appellees.

UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

TO FILE BRIEF OF APPELLANT 

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS: 

Appellant Pintail Landfill, LLC (“Pintail”) files this unopposed motion for an 

order extending the time to file its brief in this appeal pursuant to Tex. R. App. Proc. 

10.5(b) and 38.6(d), and in support thereof would respectfully show: 

1. The current due date for Pintail’s brief in this appeal is May 25, 2018. 

2. Pintail respectfully requests an extension of thirty-one (31) days for 

filing its brief so that the brief would need to be filed in this Court by no later than 

June 25, 2018. 

ACCEPTED

14-18-00288-CV

FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS

HOUSTON, TEXAS

5/18/2018 9:56 AM

CHRISTOPHER PRINE

CLERK

 FILED IN 14th COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 5/18/2018 9:56:23 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk
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3. Pintail requests this extension so Pintail will have the necessary time 

for review of the record and the drafting of the brief. 

4. No previous extensions have been requested by Pintail in connection 

with this matter. 

5. This motion is filed not for purposes of delay, but so that justice may 

be done. 

6. Counsel for Appellees have indicated that Appelles are not opposed to 

this motion. 

Prayer 

WHEREFORE, for the reasons stated above, Pintail Landfill, LLC 

respectfully requests that the Court issue an order granting the requested extension 

thereby establishing a filing deadline for Pintail’s brief of June 25, 2018. 

Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ John A. Riley 

JOHN A. RILEY 

State Bar No. 16927900 

PAUL C. SARAHAN 

State Bar No. 17648200 

HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP 

111 Congress Ave., Suite 540 

Austin, Texas 78701 

(512) 472-1081 

(512) 472-7473 (fax) 

ATTORNEYS FOR PINTAIL LANDFILL, 

LLC 
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Certificate of Conference 

As required by Tex. R. App. Proc. 10.1(a)(5), I certify that counsel for Pintail 

Landfill, LLC has conferred with counsel for the opposing parties in this case and 

each counsel has stated that she is not opposed to this motion. 

/s/ John A. Riley 

JOHN A. RILEY 

 
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Pintail Landfill, LLC’s 

Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief of Appellant has been sent 

to the following persons by electronic filing system on this 18th day of May, 2018. 

 /s/ John A. Riley

 John A. Riley 

Ms. Cynthia Woelk 

Cynthia.Woelk@oag.texas.gov 

Assistant Attorney General 

Daniel C. Wiseman 

Daniel.Wiseman@oag.texas.gov 

Assistant Attorney General 

Lisa McClain Mitchell 

Lisa.Mitchell@oag.texas.gov 

Assistant Attorney General 

Office of the Attorney General 

P.O. Box 12548, MC-018 

Austin, TX 78711-2548 

Attorneys for the TCEQ and Richard Hyde, P.E., 

in his Official Capacity as TCEQ Executive Director 

Ms. V. Blayre Peña 

Hance Scarborough, LLP 

400 W. 15th Street, Suite 950 

Austin, TX 78701 

Attorney for Citizens Against the Landfill in Hempstead