Opinion
No. 04-16-00121-CV
07-19-2016
From the 45th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2011-CI-02839
Honorable Gloria Saldana, Judge Presiding
ORDER
After this court granted appellant two sixty-day extensions of time to file her brief, appellant's brief was due July 15, 2016. On July 12, 2016, appellant filed a third motion for extension of time asking for an additional ten days in which to file her brief. In that same motion, appellant requested to exceed the fifty-page brief limit by an additional five pages. However, on July 15, 2016, after filing the motion, appellant filed her appellant's brief. The brief was timely and within the prescribed page limits. Appellant is pro se, so the clerk's office of this court contacted appellant to determine her intentions. After speaking with appellant by telephone, the clerk's office determined appellant filed the brief on July 15, 2016, out of concern that the court would denied the requested extension. Appellant explained that she still desired an extension of ten days to file an amended brief, a brief that would exceed the page limits as requested in her motion. After learning of appellant's intent and reviewing the motion, we GRANT appellant's request for an additional ten days in which to file her brief, and ORDER appellant to file her amended brief on or before July 25, 2016. In addition, we GRANT appellant's request to exceed the fifty-page limit by no more than five additional pages. Appellant is advised that if her amended brief is more than fifty pages in length, the brief will be struck.
/s/_________
Marialyn Barnard, Justice
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 19th day of July, 2016.
/s/_________
Keith E. Hottle
Clerk of Court