ACCEPTED 1-15-00075CV FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 4/28/2015 4:28:44 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK 1-15-00075-CV FILED IN 1st COURT OF APPEALS IN THE COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 4/28/2015 4:28:44 PM FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk HOUSTON, TEXAS

IN RE COMMITMENT OF J.S.T.

On Appeal from the 122nd Judicial District Court of Galveston County, TX Cause No. 14CV1323 UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE APPELLEE’S BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS: Appellee, State of Texas, by and through the Galveston County Health District, files this Motion to Extend Time to File Appellee’s Brief, and in support would show as follows:

1) A final Judgment was entered on January 13, 2015.

2) The current deadline to file Appellee’s reply brief is April 29, 2015.

3) Appellee moves to extend time to file reply brief to May 7, 2015, an additional 8 days.

4) This is the first request to extend time to file brief.

5) Appellee’s counsel has conferred with Appellant’s counsel and she is unopposed.

6) Counsel for the State received a call at approximately 2:30 p.m. on April 28, 2015, that my mother-in-law has been taken to the emergency room and my wife is out of state. It is necessary that I attend my mother-in-law at the hospital.

7) For these reasons, Appellee respectfully asks the Court to grant an 8 day day extension to the time to file Appellee’s Reply Brief so that it is due on May 7, 2014, and to grant such other relief as to which Appellee may be entitled.

Respectfully submitted, /s/ Barry C. Willey Barry C. Willey SBN 00788670 Galveston County Legal Department Moody, 5th Floor Galveston, Texas 77550 ([email protected]) (409) 770-5562 (409) 770-5560 (Fax) Counsel for State of Texas, by and through the Galveston County Health District

Certificate ofConference I certify that I have conferred with opposing Counsel and he is unopposed.

/s/Barry C. Willey Barry C. Willey

Certificate of Service I certify that a true and correct copy of this Motion will be forwarded to Appellant’s Counsel of Record, Mark Aronowitz, via though electronic e- service or facsimile, on April 28, 2014.

/s/Barry C. Willey Barry C. Willey