54267812 1 No. 03

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### In The Court of Appeals **For The Third Court of Appeals District**
**Austin, Texas**

A PPELLANTS , L AKEWAY R EGIONAL M EDICAL C ENTER , LLC AND S URGICAL D EVELOPMENT P ARTNERS , LLC// C ROSS -A PPELLANT , L AKE T RAVIS T RANSITIONAL LTCH, LLC N / K / A L AKE T RAVIS S PECIALTY H OSPITAL , LLC

v. A PPELLEES , L AKE T RAVIS T RANSITIONAL LTCH, LLC N / K / A L AKE T RAVIS S PECIALTY H OSPITAL , LLC// C ROSS -A PPELLEES , L AKEWAY R EGIONAL M EDICAL C ENTER , LLC, S URGICAL D EVELOPMENT P ARTNERS , LLC, B RENNAN , M ANNA , & D IAMOND , LLC AND F RANK T. S OSSI

O N A PPEAL F ROM T HE 345 TH J UDICIAL D ISTRICT C OURT , T RAVIS C OUNTY , T EXAS C AUSE N O

. D-1- GN -12-000983

APPELLANTS LAKEWAY R EGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, LLC’S AND SURGICAL DEVELOPMENT PART NERS, LLC’S AND CROSS

- APPELLANT LAKE TRAVIS TRANSITIONAL LTCH, LLC N/K/A LAKE TRAVIS SP ECIAL HOSPITAL, LLC’ S JOINT FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLANTS’ AND CROS S- APPELLANT’S REPLY BR IEFS

TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

Pursuant to Te xas Rules of Appellate Procedure 10.5(b) and 38.6(d),

Appellants Lakeway Regional Medical Center, LLC (“LRMC”) and Surgical

Development Partners, LLC (“SDP”) and Cross

- Appellant Lake Travis

Transitional LTCH, LLC n/k/a Lake Travis Specialty Hospital, LLC ( “LTT”) ACCEPTED 03-15-00025-CV 7976640 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS 11/24/2015 3:16:21 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERK54267812 2 (collectively, “Parties”) timely file this Joint Motion to Extend Time to File Their

Appellants’ and Cross

- Appellant’s Reply Briefs.

The Parties’ Reply Briefs are currently due on Thursday, December 10,

2015. The Parties seek a 30

- day extension, m aking their Reply Briefs due on

Monday, January 11, 2016.

This is the Parties’ first request for an extension of time to file their Reply

Briefs.

REASONS FOR REQUEST

LTT’s appellee’s brief and LRMC’s and SDP’s cross

- appellees’ briefs were

filed on Novemb er 20, 2015. Because of the complexity of the issues raised in this

case, those briefs are extensive. The Parties need additional time to analyze the

arguments set forth in the respective briefs.

Due to the foregoing, the upcoming holidays and other co mmitments, the

Parties request an extension of time within which to file their Reply Briefs.

Also, the Parties have consistently filed their briefs simultaneously in this

cause and would like to do so again.

LRMC’s counsel is also in the midst of preparing an Appellee’s brief in a

case pending before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,

entitled Robert A. King, Appellant v. YRC Worldwide, Inc., Appellee , No. 15

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10888.54267812 3 This request is not sought for delay only but so that justice may b e done.

This motion is unopposed.

PRAYER FOR RELIEF

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellants Lakeway Regional

Medical Center, LLC and Surgical Development Partners, LLC and Cross

Appellant Lake Travis Transitional LTCH, LLC n/k/a Lake Travis Specialty

Hospital, LLC ask that this Court grant this, their First Joint Motion for Extension

of Time to File Their Appellants’ and Cross

- Appellant’s Reply Briefs , and extend

the deadline thirty (30) days, to Monday, January 11, 2016, and for such further

relief to which they may be entitled.

Respectfully submitted,

NORTON ROSE FULBRIGH T US LLP

By: /s/ Jeff Cody Jeff Cody State Bar No. 04468960 jeff.cody@nortonrosefulbright.com Barton W. Cox State Bar No. 2406508 beau.cox@nortonrosefulbright.com James V . Leito IV State Bar No. 24054950 james.leito@nortonrosefulbright.com 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 3600 Dallas, TX 75201

- 7932 Telephone: (214) 855

- 8000 Telecopier: (214) 855

- 8200

and54267812 4 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGH T US LLP Joy M. Soloway State Bar No. 18838700 joy.soloway@nortonrosefulbright.com 1301 McKinney, Suite 5100 Houston, TX 77010 Telephone: (713) 651

- 5151 Telecopier: (713) 651

- 5246

Counsel for Appellant/Cross

- Appellee Lakeway Regional Medical Center, LLC

and

WRIGHT & CLOSE, LLP Jessica Z. Barger barger@wrightclose.com State Bar No. 24032706 Raffi O. Melkonian melkonian@wrightclose.com State Bar No. 24090587 One Riverway, Suite 2200 Houston, TX 77056 Telephone: (713) 572

- 4321 Telecopier: (713) 572

- 4320 Counsel for Appellant/Cross

- Appellee Surgi cal Development Partners, LLC

and54267812 5 SCOTT, DOUGLASS &MCCONNICO, LLP Jane M.N. Webre jwebre@scottdoug.com State Bar No. 21050060 S. Abraham Kuczaj III akuczaj@scottdoug.com State Bar No. 24046249 Paige A. Amstutz pamstutz@scottdoug.com State Bar No . 00796136 Steven J. Wingard swingard@scottdoug.com State Bar No. 00788694 303 Colorado, Suite 2400 Austin, TX 78701 Counsel for Appellee/Cross

- Appellant Lake Travis Transitional LTCH, LLC

CERTIFICATE OF CONFE RENCE

I hereby certify that I have conferre d with counsel for Appellees Brennan, Manna & Diamond LLC and Frank T. Sossi, and Appellees are unopposed to this Motion.

/s/ Joy M. Soloway

JOY M. SOLOWAY54267812 6 CERTIFICATE OF SERVI CE

I hereby certify that on the 24th day of November 2015, Appellants serv ed a copy of this motion by electronic service (via FileTime) upon the following counsel of record:

Mr. Robert Bragalone (bbragalone@gordonrees.com) Mr. B. Ryan Fellman (rfellman@gordonrees.com ) Mr. Steven Lawson (slawson@gordonrees.com) G ORDON & R EES LLP 2100 Ross Avenue, Suite 2800 Dallas, TX 75201 Counsel for Appellees Brennan, Manna & Diamond, LLC and Frank T. Sossi

/s/ Joy M. Soloway JOY M. SOLOWAY