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                                                                                             08-22-00129-CV
                                                                                 EIGHTH COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                                            EL PASO, TEXAS
                                 08-22-00129-CV                                            1/24/2023 2:57 PM
                                                                                      ELIZABETH G. FLORES
                                                                                                      CLERK

                                 No. 08-22-00129-CV

                                                                            FILED IN
                         IN THE EIGHTH COURT OF APPEALS              8th COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                         EL PASO, TEXAS
                                  EL PASO, TEXAS                     1/24/2023 2:57:41 PM
                                                                     ELIZABETH G. FLORES
                                                                             Clerk
                                DAVID W. CROMWELL,
                                                               Appellant,
                                            V.
                          ANADARKO E&P ONSHORE, LLC,
                                                  Appellee.

              On Appeal from the 143rd District Court of Loving County, Texas
                                      No. 18-10-923

              UNOPPOSED SECOND MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
                     TO FILE REPLY BRIEF OF APPELLANT

TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

      Appellant, David W. Cromwell, hereby files this unopposed second motion

for extension of time to file his reply brief of appellant.

      1.     The present deadline for filing the reply brief is January 25, 2023.

      2.     Appellant seeks an extension of time of three weeks, up to and

including February 15, 2023, to file his reply brief. This Court has the authority

under Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(d).

      3.     This is the second extension of time to file this reply brief.

      4.     The motion is unopposed.
      5.     Appellant seeks this extension of time because Joshua S. Smith,

appellate counsel, has had a number of other deadlines in other pending matters that

prevent him being able to complete the brief by the current deadline, including, but

not limited to, the following matters:

      a.     Preparation of brief of appellee in No. 22-20454; City of
             Pasadena, Texas v. Crown Castle Fiber LLC; in the United
             States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, filed January 23,
             2023. This is an injunction appeal and the briefing required
             prompt and focused attention.

      b.     Preparation of response to motion for rehearing in No. 09-20-
             00292-CV; OHAH, Ltd., et al. v. LNG Builders, LLC, et al.; in
             the Ninth Court of Appeals, Beaumont, Texas, filed December
             16, 2022.

      c.     Preparation of reply brief of appellant in No. 01-21-00712-CV;
             Equinor Energy, LP v. Lindale Pipeline, LLC; in the First Court
             of Appeals, Houston, Texas, due February 2, 2023. The
             judgment in this case is for over $25 million, and the reporter’s
             record exceeds 370 volumes in length.

      d.     Preparation of reply brief of appellants in No. 01-21-00602-CV;
             Senior Care Living, VI, LLC v. Preston Hollow Capital, LLC;
             UMB Bank N.A.; TMI Trust Company; in the First Court of
             Appeals, Houston, Texas, due February 8, 2023.

      6.     This motion is not filed for the purpose of delay, but to allow counsel

adequate time to prepare the brief of appellant.

      7.     For these reasons, Appellant respectfully requests that this Court grant

an extension of time to file his reply brief, up to and including, February 15, 2023.

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    Respectfully submitted,

    BECK REDDEN LLP

    By:   /s/ Joshua S. Smith
          Joshua S. Smith
          State Bar No. 24093173
          jsmith@beckredden.com
          W. Curt Webb
          State Bar No. 21035900
          cwebb@beckredden.com
          Thomas R. McDade
          State Bar No. 13513000
          tmcdade@beckredden.com
          M. Jake McClellan
          jmcclellan@beckredden.com
          State Bar No. 24109525
    1221 McKinney, Suite 4500
    Houston, TX 77010-2010
    (713) 951-3700

    Attorneys for Appellant,
    David W. Cromwell

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                         CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

      I hereby certify that I conferred with Gwen Samora, counsel for Appellee,
regarding this motion, and this motion is unopposed.

                                       /s/ Joshua S. Smith
                                       Joshua S. Smith
                                       January 24, 2023

                           CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

      I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing motion was
served on all counsel of record, via efiling, as follows:

Gwen J. Samora
gsamora@copelandrice.com
COPELAND & RICE LLP
2777 Allen Parkway Suite 977
Houston, Texas 77019

Shayne D. Moses
smoses@mph-law.com
David A. Palmer
dpalmer@mph-law.com
MOSES, PALMER & HOWELL, L.L.P.
309 W. 7th Street, Suite 815
Fort Worth, Texas 76102

Attorneys for Appellee

                                       /s/ Joshua S. Smith
                                       Joshua S. Smith
                                       Date: January 24, 2023

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                         Automated Certificate of eService
This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system.
The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system
on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing
certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a
certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.

Jesse Crochet on behalf of Joshua Smith
Bar No. 24093173
jcrochet@beckredden.com
Envelope ID: 72101463
Status as of 1/24/2023 3:52 PM MST

Associated Case Party: DavidW.Cromwell

Name                  BarNumber    Email                        TimestampSubmitted Status

W. CurtWebb                        cwebb@beckredden.com         1/24/2023 2:57:41 PM    SENT

Thomas McDade                      tmcdade@beckredden.com       1/24/2023 2:57:41 PM    SENT

Joshua S.Smith                     jsmith@beckredden.com        1/24/2023 2:57:41 PM    SENT

Larry Lee Thweatt     24008160     lthweatt@terrythweatt.com    1/24/2023 2:57:41 PM    SENT

Michael JMcClellan                 jmcclellan@beckredden.com 1/24/2023 2:57:41 PM       SENT

Associated Case Party: Anadarko E&P Onshore, LLC

Name                 BarNumber Email                           TimestampSubmitted Status

Shayne D. Moses      14578980     smoses@mph-law.com           1/24/2023 2:57:41 PM    SENT

David Palmer         794416       dpalmer@mph-law.com          1/24/2023 2:57:41 PM    SENT

Gwen J.Samora                     gsamora@copelandrice.com 1/24/2023 2:57:41 PM        SENT

Case Contacts

Name                 BarNumber    Email                            TimestampSubmitted Status

Jennifer Martinez                 jmartinez@copelandrice.com       1/24/2023 2:57:41 PM   SENT

Karen McCammon                    kmccammon@copelandrice.com 1/24/2023 2:57:41 PM         SENT