ACCEPTED 04-14-00905-CV FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 6/10/2015 1:56:18 PM KEITH HOTTLE CLERK NO. 04-14-00905-CV *** FILED IN 4th COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 06/10/2015 1:56:18 PM FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT KEITH E. HOTTLE SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS Clerk *** ESCONDIDO RESOURCES II, LLC, Appellant V. JUSTAPOR RANCH COMPANY, L.C., Appellee ***

UNOPPOSED FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF OF APPELLEE

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE COURT: Appellee, Justapor Ranch Company, L.C. (“Justapor”), respectfully presents this Motion to extend the deadline for filing its brief in response to the brief of Appellant, Escondido Resources II, LLC, and requests that the deadline for filing the Appellee’s brief be extended by 30 days from June 15, 2015 to July 15, 2015.

I.

This Motion is unopposed. As counsel for Justapor, I have contacted counsel for Appellant and been advised that Appellant does not oppose this requested extension.

II.

This is the Justapor’s first motion to extend the deadline for filing its brief.

III.

I am a solo practitioner, lead appellate counsel for Justapor and primarily responsible for preparation of its brief. I have devoted a significant amount of time and effort to studying Appellant’s 82-page brief, researching and otherwise preparing Appellee’s brief. I am also the sole author of the book, Summary Judgments in Texas: Practice, Procedure & Review (3d ed. 2013), published by LexisNexis Matthew Bender.

I have spent much of the last six weeks working on the 2015 supplement and will continue to have to do so through mid-July, 2015. I do not use law clerks or other attorneys when working on Summary Judgments in Texas. I have been performing a meticulous, page-by-page and footnote-by-footnote, review of the entire book resulting in a supplement that will be quite extensive. Consequently, I will be precluded from devoting the time necessary to research, draft and finalize the Appellee’s brief by the current deadline.

PRAYER Accordingly, Justapor Ranch Company, L.L.C. respectfully requests the Court to grant this Motion, extend the deadline for filing the brief of Appellee by 30 days to July 15, 2015, and award such other and further relief to which it is justly entitled.

Respectfully submitted, MCGINNIS LOCHRIDGE & KILGORE, L.L.P.

Patton G. Lochridge State Bar No. 12458500 [email protected] Carlos R. Soltero State Bar No. 00791702 [email protected] J. Derrick Price State Bar No. 24041726 [email protected] Congress Avenue, Suite 2100 Austin, Texas 78701 Telephone No.: (512) 495-6044 Facsimile No.: (512) 505-6344 Jose M. “Joe” Rubio, Jr. State Bar No. 17362100 [email protected] JOE RUBIO LAW FIRM 1000 Washington Street, Suite 4 Laredo, Texas 78040 Telephone No.: (956) 712-2223 Timothy Patton State Bar No. 15633800 [email protected] TIMOTHY PATTON, P.C.

14546 Brook Hollow Blvd. #279 San Antonio, Texas 78232 Telephone No.: (210) 832-0070 Facsimile No.: (210) 579-1665 By: /s/ Timothy Patton Timothy Patton ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on the 10th day of June, 2015, a true and correct copy of the foregoing Unopposed First Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief of Appellee has been sent via e-mail to:

Mr. James P. Keenan [email protected] Mr. J. Robin Lindley [email protected] Buck Keenan, LLP Louisiana, Suite 5100 Houston, Texas 77002 Mr. Robert Dubose [email protected] Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP 1844 Harvard Street Houston, Texas 77008 Mr. Wallace B. Jefferson [email protected] Ms. Rachel A. Ekery [email protected] Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP Congress Avenue, Suite 2350 Austin, Texas 78701 Ms. Kirsten Castañeda [email protected] Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP 4925 Greenville Avenue, Suite 510 Dallas, Texas 75206

/s/ Timothy Patton Timothy Patton