COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON

ORDER Appellate case name: Jim P. Benge, M.D. and Kelsey-Seybold Medical Group PLLC v. Lauren Williams Appellate case number: 01-12-00578-CV Trial court case number: 2010-52657 Trial court: 164th District Court of Harris County Appellants Jim P. Benge, M.D. and Kelsey-Seybold Medical Group PLLC have filed their motion to strike appellee Lauren Williams’s sur-reply brief, filed in this Court on June 25, 2013. Appellee responded and, in the alternative, filed a motion to file a sur-reply brief exceeding the word limit. Appellants’ motion to strike is granted.

Appellee’s sur-reply brief, filed in this Court on June 25, 2013, is stricken.

Appellee may file a sur-reply brief that does not exceed 7,500 words no later than Monday, July 22, 2013. See generally TEX. R. APP. P. 9.4(i).

Appellee’s motion to file a sur-reply exceeding the word limit is denied. As to this motion, the ten-day time for determination of a motion under Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 10.3 is suspended. See TEX. R. APP. P. 2.

It is so ORDERED.

Judge’s signature: /s/ Harvey Brown  Acting individually ☐ Acting for the Court

Date: July 5, 2013