No. 03

- 15

- 00083 -CV

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### In the Court of Appeals **Third District of Texas** 

**Austin , Texas** 

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C RAIG A. W ASHINGTON

, A PPELLANT
V.

C OMMISSION FOR L AWYER D ISCIPLINE

, A PPELLEE

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Appealed from the 335 th District Court Of Bastrop County, Texas Honorable George Gallagher, Judge Presiding

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A PPELLEE ’ S U NOPPOSED S ECOND M OTION

F OR E XTENSION OF T IME TO F ILE B RIEF

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L INDA A. A CEVEDO
C HIEF D ISCIPLINARY C OUNSEL

L AURA B AYOUTH P OPPS
D EPUTY C OUNSEL FOR A DMINISTRATION C YNTHIA C ANFIELD H AMILTON
S ENIOR A PPELLATE C OUNSEL

O FFICE OF THE C HIEF D ISCIPLINARY
C OUNSEL
STATE BAR OF TEXAS

P.O. B OX 12487

A USTIN

, T EXAS 78711-2487 512.427.1350; 1.877.953.5535

F AX : 512.427.4167 ACCEPTED
03-15-00083-CV

7413504
THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS
10/16/2015 2:11:06 PM
JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERKNo. 03

- 15

- 00083

- CV

_ ______________


### In the Court of Appeals **Third District of Texas**
**Austin, Texas**

_______________

C RAIG A. W ASHINGTON

, A PPELLANT
V.

C OMMISSION FOR L AWYER D ISCIPLINE

, A PPELLEE

_______________

Appealed f rom the 335 th District Court

O

f Bastro p County, Texas Honorable George Gallagher, Judge Presiding

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A PPELLEE ’ S U NOPPOSED S ECOND M OTION

F OR E XTENSION OF T IME TO F ILE B RIEF

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Appellee, the Commission for Lawyer Discipline, asks the Court , pursuant

to Rule 38.6(d) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, for an extension of time

of seven (7 ) days to file Appellee ’ s b rief.

I.

This is an appeal from a Final Judgment entered on January 8, 2015 , against

Appellant, Craig A. Washington , in Cause No. 29,123

, styled Comm ission forLawyer Discipline v. Craig A. Washington , in the 335 th Judicial District Court of

Bastrop County, Texas.

II.

Appellant timely perfected his appeal. The clerk ’ s record was filed on May

8, 2015

, and supplemental clerk’s records were filed on Ju ne 2 , 2015

, and July 9,

2015 . The reporter ’ s record was filed on May 15, 2015

. Appellant filed his brief

on August 17, 2015

.

III.

This is Appellee's second request for an extension of time to file its brief.

After one extension of time, Appellee ’ s brie f was due to be filed on October 16,

2015. Appellee requests an additional seven ( 7 ) days to file the brief, to and

including October 23 , 2015 . Appellee’s counsel, the undersigned attorney , needs

additional time to file the brief for the following reason s :

The undersigned filed a response to a post

- submission brief in John Doe v. Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas, et al in the Third Court of Appeals (No. 03

- 15

- 00007

- CV ) on October 14, 2015.

The undersigned presented oral argument on October 13 , 2015

, in William Schultz v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline , before the Board of Disciplinary Appeals (BODA No. 5649);

The undersigned filed a brief in Charles Septowski v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline (Board of Disciplinary Appeals No. 55901) on S eptember 22, 2015;The undersigned present ed oral argument on September 16, 2015

, in John Doe v. Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas, et al

, before the Third Court of Appeals ( No. 03

- 15

- 00007

- CV ); and

T he undersigned filed a brief in Holly Cram pton v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline in the Eighth Court of Appeals (No. 08

- 15

- 00074

- CV) on August 10, 2015.

IV.

For these reasons, Appellee prays that this Court grant Appellee ’ s motion in

this cause for seven ( 7 ) days until October 23 , 2015

.

R ESPE CTFULLY S UBMITTED :

L INDA A. A CEVEDO
C HIEF D ISCIPLINARY C OUNSEL

L AURA B AYOUTH P OPPS
D EPUTY C OUNSEL FOR A DMINISTRATION

C YNTHIA C ANFIELD H AMILTON
S ENIOR A PPELLATE C OUNSEL

O FFICE OF THE C HIEF D ISCIPLINARY
C OUNSEL
P.O. B OX 12487

A USTIN

, T EXAS 78711

- 2487

51 2. 427.1350 ; 1.877.953.5535

F AX : 512. 427.4167

/s/ Cynthia Canfield Hamilton

C YNTHIA C ANFIELD H AMILTON
S ENIOR A PPELLATE C OUNSEL
S TATE B AR OF T EXAS cynthia.hamilton@texasbar.com

S TATE B AR C ARD N O . 0079041 9

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEEC ERTIFICATE OF C ONFERENCE

This is to certify that Appellant’s attorney, Mr. John MacVane, indicated on October 16, 2015, that Appellant does not oppose the requested extension.

/s/ Cynthia Canfield Hamilton

C YNTHIA C ANFIELD H AM ILTON

C ERTIFICATE OF S ERVICE

This i s to certify that the foregoing Unopposed Second Motion for Extension of

Time to File Brief has been served on Appellant, Mr. Craig A. Washington

, by and through his attorney s of record Mr. Michael A. Stafford, Ms. Ka tha rine David, Stacy R. Obenhaus and Mr. John MacVane, Gardere, Wynne Sewell LLP, 1000 Louisiana, Suite 3400, Houston, Texas 77002

- 5011 , through this Court’s electronic filing service provider on the 16 th day of October 2015.

/s/ Cynthia Canfield Hamil ton
C YNTHIA C ANFIELD H AMILTON