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# No. 03-15-00293-CV

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### In the Court of Appeals For the Third Judicial District of Texas Austin, Texas

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### BOB E. WOODY, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

J. BLACK’S, LP and J. BLACK’S, GP, LLC, Defendants-Appellees.

________________________________________________________ On Appeal from Cause No. D-1-GN-09-001436 In the 345th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas The Honorable Steven Y elenosky Presiding

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### Appellant’s Unopposed Second Motion for

Extension of Time to File Opening Brief

TO THE HONORABLE C OURT OF APPEALS:

Appellant’s opening brief currently is due September 3, 2015. Pursuant to

Texas Rule of Appellate Procedur e 38.6(d), appellant respectful ly requests a 15-day

extension of time until September 18, 2015 to file his opening brief. This extension

is requested for the following reasons. ACCEPTED 03-15-00293-CV 6776991 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS 9/3/2015 9:46:52 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERK2 The undersigned has had responsibility for the following additi onal

commitments during Augus t and September 2015:

 Reviewing the trial court record from a July 2015 trial that re sulted in a verdict of $10+ million in actual damages and $7 million in exe mplary damages, on behalf of one of the defendants in Joanne Schermerhorn et al. v. CenturyTel, Inc. et al ., No. 2010-09675 (113 Judicial District, Harris County, Texas), in preparation for post-judgment/appellate proc eedings;

 Preparing an amended complaint ( due September 14, 2015 by court order) on behalf of the plaintiff in a federal antitrust matter: Houston KP, LLC v. City of Houston , No. 4:14-CV-02928 (S.D. Tex.);

 Preparing an amended complaint ( due September 24, 2015 by court order) on behalf of the plaintiff in a nother federal antitrust matter: Viva Cinemas Theaters and Entertainment LLC d/b/a Viva Cinema v. America MultiCinema, Inc ., No. 4:15-cv-01015 (S.D. Tex.); and

 Reviewing a complex business transaction on behalf of a client in anticipation of litigation on an urgent basis. 1

Although the undersigned has not g iven these commitments priori ty over the current

appeal, the undersigned could no t complete appellant’s opening brief in this matter

by September 3, 2015 gi ven the deadlines in these other matters

. The undersigned has confirmed th at appellees are unopposed to t his motion.

One prior 15-day extension was pr eviously requested and granted

. Prayer

Appellant respectfully requests that the Court grant him a 15-d ay extension of

time to file his opening brief.

1 Client identity omitted because o f the non-public nature of th e work at this time.3 Respectfully subm itted,

/s/ Jeremy Gaston Jeremy Gaston Texas SBN 24012685 jgaston@hmgnc.com H AWASH M EADE G ASTON N EESE & C ICACK LLP 2118 Smith Street Houston, Texas 77002 Telephone: (713) 658-9001 Facsimile: (713) 658-9011

Rick Gray Texas SBN 08328300 rick.gray@graybecker.com Gray & Becker, PC 900 West Avenue Austin, TX 78701-2210 Telephone: 512-482-0061 Facsimile: 512-482-0924

Tom C. McCall Texas SBN 13350300 tmccall@themccallfirm.com David B. McCall Texas SBN 13344500 dmccall@themccallfirm.com The McCall Firm 3660 Stoneridge Road, Suite F-102 Austin, Texas 78746-7759 Telephone: (512) 477-4242 Facsimile: (512) 477-2271

Hector H. Cardenas, Jr. Texas SBN 00790422 hcardenas@cardenas-law.com T HE C ARDENAS L AW F IRM 3660 Stoneridge Road, Suite F-102 Austin, Texas 78746-77594 Telephone: (512) 477-4242 Facsimile: (512) 477-2271
Counsel for Appellant5 Certificate of Conference

On September 1, 2015, I conferre d with appellees’ counsel rega rding this

motion, and on September 3, 2015 he informed me that appellees are unopposed to

the relief requested herein.

/s/ Jeremy Gaston Jeremy Gaston6 C ERTIFICATE OF S ERVICE
I certify that on September 3, 2015 a true and correct copy of the foregoing

document was served on the follo wing counsel of record by elect ronic filing:

Eric J. Taube Andrew Vickers Hohmann, Taube & Summers, LLP 100 Congress Avenue, 18th Floor Austin, TX 78701-4042 Counsel for J. Black’s, LP and J. Black’s, GP, LLC Counsel for Appellees

/s/ Jeremy Gaston Jeremy Gaston