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Date Created: 2023-01-26 09:10:35.514292+00
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                                                                                         08-23-00017-CV
                                                                             EIGHTH COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                                        EL PASO, TEXAS
                             08-23-00017-CV                                           1/23/2023 10:16 AM
                                                                                  ELIZABETH G. FLORES
                                                                                                  CLERK

                               NO. 08-23-00017-CV
                        IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
                                                           FILED IN
                    FOR THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT8th COURT OF APPEALS
                             EL PASO, TEXAS             EL PASO, TEXAS
                                                                1/23/2023 10:16:03 AM
                                                                 ELIZABETH G. FLORES
                                                                         Clerk
                    WHATABURGER RESTAURANTS LLC,
                                        Appellant,
                                         V.

                             ROSA ELIA FUENTES,
                                             Appellee

                     From the District Court of Bexar County
                         57th Judicial District of Texas
                               No. 2022-CI-11371

         WHATABURGER RESTAURANTS LLC’S UNOPPOSED FIRST
            MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE BRIEF

      WHATABURGER RESTAURANTS LLC, by and through undersigned
counsel, respectfully files this unopposed first motion for extension of time to file
its brief and would show the court as follows:
                                 A. INTRODUCTION
1.    Appellant is Whataburger Restaurants LLC. Appellee is Rosa Elia Fuentes.
Appellant filed its Notice of Appeal on December 9, 2022, pursuant to Tex. Civ.
Prac. & Rem. Code § 27.008.
2.       The Reporter’s Record was filed on December 19, 2022. The Clerk’s Record
was filed on January 5, 2023. Therefore, Appellant’s brief is due to be filed on
January 25, 2022. 1
3.       Appellant seeks an extension of twenty days, until February 14, 2023, in
which to file its brief.
4.       This is Whataburger’s first request for an extension of time to file its brief.
5.       This first Motion for extension of time is filed before the deadline to file the
brief. Tex.R.App.P.38.6(d).
6.       This Motion is unopposed.
7.       This Motion is made pursuant to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 10.5(b)
and 38.6(d).
8.       Undersigned is currently preparing Appellant’s brief due to be filed on
January 30, 2023, in the case The University of Texas Health Science Center at
Houston and Morgan M. Pomeranz, M.D. v. Soine Fisher, Individually on Behalf of
All Wrong Death Beneficiaries of Buster Fisher, Deceased and on Behalf of Buster
Fisher, Deceased, Case No. 04-22-00696-CV. Undersigned is also involved in a
document review involving over 10,000 documents in preparation for a sanctions
hearing set on February 6, 2023 in the case of Brooke Gilmartin, Independent Court
Administrator of the Estate of J. Edward Charles Gilmartin, Deceased v. NEC
Networks, LLC D/B/A CaptureRx; No. 2018PC3985. Counsel is also currently
briefing dispositive motions and jurisdictional motions in the case Tran Dang v.
Delirium TV, LLC, Kinetic Content, LLC, and Thomas Smith No. 2022-50674.
9.       The Court has the authority under Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 38.6(d)
to extend the time to file a brief.

1
  As of the date of this filing, the deadline for Appellant to file its brief does not currently appear on the Court’s
calendar. The Fourth Court of Appeals inquired into its jurisdiction to hear this appeal in the absence of a written
order. A response to that inquiry was filed on January 11, 2023. This Court has jurisdiction of Appellant’s interlocutory
appeal pursuant to Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 27.008.
                                        B. PRAYER
      For these reasons, Whataburger Restaurants LLC asks the Court to grant an
extension of time to file its brief until February 14, 2023.

                                               Respectfully submitted,

                                               GERMER PLLC
                                               1826 North Loop 1604 West, Suite 300
                                               San Antonio, Texas 78248
                                               (210) 640-1650 (Office)
                                               (512) 472-0721 (Fax)

                                        By:    /s/ Karen L. Landinger
                                               Roland F. Gonzales
                                               State Bar No. 24049431
                                               rgonzales@germer-sa.com
                                               Javier T. Duran
                                               State Bar No. 24012568
                                               jduran@germer-sa.com
                                               Karen L. Landinger
                                               State Bar No. 00787873
                                               klandinger@germer-sa.com

                                               ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT
                                               WHATABURGER
                                               RESTAURANTS LLC
                      CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

       This is to certify that Karen L. Landinger, attorney for Appellant, conferred
with Bobby Garcia, attorney for Appellee, on January 20, 2023, and he is unopposed
to the filing of this motion.
                                              /s/ Karen L. Landinger
                                              KAREN L. LANDINGER

                         CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

      I certify that on the 23rd day of January 2023, a true and correct copy of the
foregoing Motion to Extend Time to File Brief was served on the following counsel
of record by electronic service through eFile.TXCourts.gov; and the Motion to
Extend Time to File Brief was duly filed with the Clerk of the Eighth Court of
Appeals through eFile.TXCourts.gov, together with this proof of service:

Via E-service: litigation@bobbygarcia.com
Bobby Garcia
State Bar No. 07645210
LAW OFFICE OF BOBBY GARCIA, P.C.
P.O. Box 5729
McAllen, Texas 78502

Attorney for Plaintiff / Appellee

                                             /s/ Karen L. Landinger
                                             KAREN L. LANDINGER
                         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.

Envelope ID: 72033690
Status as of 1/23/2023 2:28 PM MST

Case Contacts

Name           BarNumber   Email                        TimestampSubmitted   Status

Bobby Garcia               litigation@bobbygarcia.com   1/23/2023 10:16:03 AM SENT