NO. 03- 15 -00252- CV

IN THE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

OF TEXAS

DR. BEHZAD NAZARI, D.D.S., ET AL Appellant , V

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THE STATE OF TEXAS Appellees,

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ACS STATE HEALTHCARE, LLC Appellees.

On Appeal from the 53 rd District Court, Travis County, Texas

Cause No. D-1- GV

- 14 -005380

UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME
TO FILE APPELLANTS’ BRIEF ON THE MERITS

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF THE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS:

COME NOW, Appellants, Dr. Behzad Nazari, D.D.S., e t al, and file this,

their Unopposed Motion to Extend Time to File Appellants’ Brief on the Merits,

and would show as follows:

The Appellants’ Brief on t he Merits is due June 4, 2015. Appellants

respectfully request an extension of fifteen days to file their collective brief. The

Appellant Dental Group consists of over 15 entities, represented at the underlying ACCEPTED 03-15-00252-CV
5513161 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS 6/2/2015 3:23:50 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERKtrial by six law firms. The review and revision of Appellants’ brief by various trial

counsels is anticipated to take more time than is currently available under the

appellate briefing deadli nes. In addition, lead counsel on this appeal ha s recently

engaged another law firm with expertise in the hyperlinking and technical aspects

of appellate e

- filings to assure that the brief complies with the appellate filing rules

and is easy to navigate e lectronically.

App ellants ’ trial counsel and appellate counsel expect to complete their

review of the brief and filing preparations within a week to ten days. An extension

of time would permit Appellants to prepare a more complete and technically

comprehe nsive response. This is the Appellants’ first request for an extension and

is unopposed by Appellee s

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PRAYER

For this reason, Appellants request that the deadline for the filing of the

Brief of the Merits in this case be extended to June 19, 2015.

___________________________________ Jason Ray
R IGGS & R AY , P.C. 700 Lavaca, Suite 920 Austin, Texas 78701 Telephone: (512) 457

- 9806
F acsimile: (512) 457

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- mail: jray@r

- alaw.comATTORNEY FOR DR. BEH ZAD NAZARI, D.D.S. D/B/A ANTOINE DENTAL CENTER, DR. BEHZAD NAZARI, H ARLINGEN FAMILY DENTISTRY, P. C. A/K/A PRACTICAL BUSINESS S OLUTIONS, SERIES LLC, JUAN D. VILLARREAL D.D.S., SERIES PLLC D/B/A HA RLINGEN FAMILY DENTISTRY GROUP, DR. JUAN VILLARREAL, RICHARD F. HERRSCHER, D.D.S., M.S.D., P.C. , DR. RICHARD F. HERRSCHER, M & M ORT HODONTICS, PA, DR. SCOTT MALONE , DR. DIANA MALONE, MICHELLE SMI TH, NATIONAL ORTHODONTIX, MGMT., PLLC, DR. JOHN VONDRAK, RGV SMILES BY ROCKY SALINAS, D.D.S. PA, AND DR. ROCKY SALINAS.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

I hereby certify that on this date, I conferred with Raymond Winter, counsel

for the State of Texas, and Eric Nichols, counsel for Xerox, and they do not oppose

this motion.

_________________________ _____ Jason RayCERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above document was served via

e

- service on the 2nd day of June, 2015 on the following:

Counsel for Plaintiff State of Texas
Raymond C. Winter Chief, Civil Medicaid Fraud Division Reynolds B. Brissenden Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711

- 2548 Telephone: (512) 936

- 1709
Facsimile: (512) 936

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- mail: raymond.winter@texasattorneygeneral.gov
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- mail: reynolds.brissenden@texasattorneygeneral.gov

Counsel for Xerox Corporation, et al.

Robert C. Walters Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher, LLP 2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1100 Dallas, Texas 75201 Telephone: (214) 698

- 3100 Facsimile: (214) 571

- 2900
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- mail: RWalters@gibsondunn.com

W. Curt Webb
Constance H. Pfeiffer Beck Redden, LLP 1221 McKinney Street, Suite 4500 Houston, Texas 77010 Telephone: (713) 951

- 3700 Facsimile: (713) 951

- 3720
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- mail: cwebb@beckredden.com
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- mail: cpfeiffer@beckredden.com Eric J. R. Nichols Christopher R. Cowan Beck Redden, LLP 515 Congress Avenue, Suite 1750 Austin, Texas 78701 Telephone: (512) 708

- 1000 Facsimile: (512) 708

- 1002
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- mail: enichols@beckredden.com
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- mail: ccowan@beckredden.com

Counsel for Defendants/Third

- Party PlaintiffsRichard B. Pecore

LILES PARKER, PLLC 3400 N. McColl Rd., Suite F

- 35 McAllen, Texas 78501 Telephone: (202) 298

- 9750 Facsimile: (202) 337

- 5804
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- mail: rpecore@lilesparker.com Counsel for RGV Smiles by Rocky Salinas, DDS PA, and Dr. Rocky Salinas

Robert M. Anderton
Mark J. Hanna Law Offices of Hanna & Anderton 900 Congress Avenue, Suite 250 Austin, Texas 78701 Telephone: (512) 477

- 6200 Facsimile: (512) 477

- 1188
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- mail: andertonr@msn.com
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- mail: mhanna@markjhanna.com Counsel for Richard F. Herrscher , DDS, MMSC, PC and Dr. Richard F. Herrscher J.A. “Tony” Canales CANALES & SIMONSON, P.C. 2601 Morgan Ave.
P.O. Box 5624 Corpus Christi, Texas 78465

- 5624 Telephone: (361) 883

- 0601 Facsimile: (361) 884

- 7023
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- mail: tonycanales@canalessimonson.com Counsel for M&M Orthodontics, P.A., Dr. Scott Malone, Dr. Diana Malone, Michelle Smith, National Orthodontix Mgmt., PLLC and Dr. John Vondrak

Oscar X. Garcia Law Offices of Oscar X. Garcia 302 Kings Highway, Suite 112 Brownsville, Texas 78521 Telephone: (956) 554

- 3000 Facsimile: (956) 554

- 3248
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- mail: oxgarcia@aol.com Counsel for Dr. Vivian Teegardin

Philip H. Hilder
William B. Graham Hilder & Associates, PC 819 Lovett Boulevard Houston, Texas 77006 Telephone: (713) 234

- 1416 Facsimile: (713) 655

- 9112
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- mail: philip@hilderlaw.com
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- mail: will@hilderlaw.com Counsel for Dr. Wael Kanaan

____________________________ Jason Ray