## No. 14- 15-00633-CV

I N THE F OURTEENTH C OURT OF A PPEALS OF H ARRIS C OUNTY OF T EXAS

_______________________________________________________ R ANDY L. Y

ESKE , Ap p e llant,

v. P IAZZA D

EL A RTE , I NC . S WISS I

NTERNATIONAL , I

NC ., D / B / A S WISS B UILDERS

, T INO B EKARDI , D AVID E. K

ASSAB AND P

AUL G ARNEY , Ap p e lle e s.

___________________________________________________________ Appeal from the 164 Judicial District Court, Harris County, Texas th Trial Court Cause No. 2013-46578

A PPELLANT ’ S F IRST M OTION FOR E XTENSION O F T IME TO F ILE B RIEF

TO THE HONORABLE SUPREME COURT: COMES NOW, Appellant R ANDY L. Y ESKE file this his First Motion for Extension of Time to File Appellant’s Brief, and would respectfully show:
B ACKGROUND 1. The present deadline for filing Appellant’s brief is December 14, 2015. 2. Appellant seeks a thirty day extension of time, until January 13, 2016, to file Appellant’s brief. 3. This is the first request for an extension of time to file Appellant’s brief. ACCEPTED 14-15-00633-CV FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS

HOUSTON, TEXAS 12/10/2015 4:41:57 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE

CLERK4. Th is mo tion is uno ppo se d by Appe llees Swiss Inte rnation al In c. d/b /a

Swiss Builde rs, and Tino Be ka rdi

. Coun se l fo r Da vid Kas sab (and Piazza De l Arte, Inc

. and Pa ul Ga rne y) is rep res en ting his ne phe w. Be ca use the unde rlying ca se is pe rso nal fo r

co uns el La nc e Kas sab , it is not pos sible to en gage in prof es sion al co mm unica tion. Mr.
Kas sab ref

use s to sp ea k to co uns el f

or App ellant.
5. Th e fo llowing groun ds prov ide “goo d ca use ” fo r an ex ten si on of time to file Appe llant’s Brief

. Le ad app ellate co uns el fo r Appe llant, Ken net h A. Zim me rn, is

en gage d in oth er l i t i gation with imm inen t dea dlines that hav e pre ve nte d him fro m

co mp leting Appe llant’s Brief be fo re the curre nt dea dl i ne , i ncluding, but not limited to,
the fo llowing:

! Pre para tion fo r, and partic ipation in two ev iden tiary he arings in Applica nt’ s Sec ond Applica tion fo r Appo intm en t of Te mp orary Adm inistration in Caus e No

. 44 11 65 ; In the Estate of Mary Olive Hul l Calk ins, Decea

sed; In Pro bate Court N o. 4 of

Ha rris Coun ty, Te xas .
! Pre para tion of

, and filing of

, Res pon den ts’ Brief on the Merits in the Suprem e Court of Te xas in Caus e No

. 14 -1 02 6; Richa rd Steph en Calk ins, as Ag ent-in-Fa ct f

or M ary Ol ive Calk ins, and M

icha el Easto n v. G . Wesl

ey Ur quhart, P.C. et a; No

. 01 -1 3- 00 11 8- CV; (Te x. App. –Ho uston [1 Dis t.] app eal st pending .)

! Pre para tion f

or, an d pa rticipation in he arings in Cause No . D C-1 4- 11 35 2; Jo hn Key v. 70 1 Katy Building , LP, et al; In the 10 1 Judicial Dis trict Court of st Da llas Coun ty, Te xas .
! Pre para tion fo r, and partic ipation , in jury trial in Caus e No

. 10 51 50 5; Quincy Sintim and Shirl

ey Sintim v. Castle Internat

ional Furniture Corpor

ation d/b /a Castle Furniture; In the C oun ty Civil Court at La w Nu mb er Tw o (2) of Ha rris Coun ty, Te xas .
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Mo ti o n fo r Ext ensi o n o f Ti me to Fi l e Bri ef! Pre paration fo r, and partic ipation in he aring on a tem pora ry res training orde r in Caus e No. 20 15 -6 97 70 ; Hig h Impa ct Furniture Promotions, LLC. v. Ayman R e fa i e d/b /a Castle Furniture; In the 16 5 Judicial Dis trict of Ha rris th Coun ty, Te xas . 6. Th is mo tion is not filed fo r the purpo se of delay , but to allow co uns el
ade quate time to p rep are Appe llant’s brief

. 7. Th is req

ues t fo r ex ten sion of

time wa s a

last re so rt and una

vo idable

. P R A Y E R . WHE REFORE , PREM ISES CONSID ERED , App el l ant R A N D Y L Y E S K E

res pe ctf ully reque sts that the dea dline fo r fil i ng Appe llant’s Brief be ex ten ded to and including Wed ne sda y, January 1 3, 20 16

. Res pe ctf ully sub mitte d,
Z IM M E RN L

A W F IR M , P. C.
K e n n e t h A

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____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ Ken ne th A. Zim me rn State Ba r N o. 22 27 68 80 37 00 Mon tros e B lvd. Ho usto n, Te xas 77 00 6 Te leph one : (7 13 ) 52 9- 49 99 Fa cs imile: (71 3) 5 23 -4 74 7 attorn ey @zim me rn. co m ATT ORNE Y F OR APP EL LAN T RAND Y L . Y ESKE

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Mo ti o n fo r Ext ensi o n o f Ti me to Fi l e Bri efC E R T IF IC A T E O F C O NF E R E NC E
In ac co rdan ce with Rule 10 .1 of the Te xas Rules of Appe llate Pro ce dure, I ce rtify that I sp ok e with or co mm unica ted with opp osi ng co uns el fo r Appe llees Swiss Inte rnation al Inc ., d/b /a Swiss Builde rs and Tino Be ka rdi is u nop pos ed. Coun se l fo r Appe llees Piazza De l Arte’ Inc ., Da vid E. Kas sab , and Pa ul Ga rne y is opp os ed, rega rding this m otion

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CERT IFI CATE OF COM PLIA NCE
I he reb y ce rtify that Appe llant the wo rd co unt in this doc um en t is 42 9 wo rds and it com plies with the Te xas Rules of Appe llate P roc edu re. T his m otion is n ot a brief

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CERT IFI CATE OF SE RV ICE
I he reb y ce rtify that on this 10 day of Dec em be r, 20 15 , a true and co rrec t co py t h of the abo ve and fo rego ing First Motion fo r Ex ten sion of Tim e to File Appe llant’s Brief
wa s prop erly fo rwa rded to all co uns el of rec ord in ac co rdan ce with Rule 9. 5 of the Te xas Rules o f Ap pe llate P roc edu re, by fa cs imile, as fo llows :

K e n n e t h A

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Mo ti o n fo r Ext ensi o n o f Ti me to Fi l e Bri efS E RV IC E L IS T

Mr. M . Mic ah Kes sler N IS TI C O , C RO U C H & K E S S LE R , P. C. 19 00 Wes t L oop South , Suite 80 0 Ho usto n, Te xas 77 02 7 Te l. (7 13 ) 78 1- 28 89 Fa x: (71 3) 7 81 -7 22 2 mk es sler@ nc k- law. co m Atto rney for

Ap pell ees Swiss International

Inc ., d/b /a Swiss Builder

s and Tino B eka rdi Mr. L anc e Ch ristop he r Kas sab T H E K A S S A B L A W F IR M 14 20 Alabam a Ho usto n, Te xas 77 00 4 Te l. (7 13 ) 52 2- 74 00 Fa x: (71 3) 5 22 -7 41 0 lck @t ex asle galm alprac tice .c om Atto rney for

Ap pell ees Piazz a Del Ar te’ I nc., David E. Kassa b, and Paul Ga rney

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Mo ti o n fo r Ext ensi o n o f Ti me to Fi l e Bri ef