SM Energy CompanyAppellee/s

Fourth Court of Appeals San Antonio, Texas May 9, 2013 No. 04-12-00772-CV W.H. SUTTON, Arctic Royalty Limited Partnership, Julie S. Mueller, Janet Lee Smith as Trustee of the Janet Lee Smith Family Trust, Anita Louise Davies as Trustee of the Anita Louise Davies Family Trust and Frederick Jackson Bell Jr., et al., Appellants v. SM ENERGY COMPANY, Appellee From the 341st Judicial District Court, Webb County, Texas Trial Court No. 2011CVQ001903 D3 Honorable Elma T. Salinas Ender, Judge Presiding

ORDER Appellants have filed their ninth motion to extend time to file the appellants’ brief. The motion is opposed by appellee. This court has previously granted appellants eight extensions of time to file the brief for a total of one hundred and eleven (111) days. After review, we GRANT appellants’ ninth motion to extend time to file the brief, and add additional days to the extension requested to preclude any further request for additional extensions. We ORDER appellants to file their brief in this court on or before May 13, 2013. With the granting of this ninth extension, appellants have been given one hundred and twenty-one (121) days from the original due date to file their brief. We advise appellants that NO FURTHER EXTENSIONS OF TIME TO FILE THE BRIEF WILL BE GRANTED.

_________________________________ Marialyn Barnard, Justice IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 9th day of May, 2013.

___________________________________ Keith E. Hottle Clerk of Court