15-0966

FILED
15-0966
12/16/2015 4:39:49 PM
tex-8271611
SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS
BLAKE A. HAWTHORNE, CLERK

No. _____

IN THE
SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS

STEVEN GREGORY SLOAT, ED BRYAN, CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY

INTERNATIONAL, DAVID J. LUBOW, AND MONTY DRAKE,
Petitioners,
v.
MONIQUE RATHBUN,
Respondent.

On Petition for Review from the

Third Court of Appeals at Austin Texas
No. 03-14-00199-CV

UNOPPOSED FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

TO FILE PETITION FOR REVIEW

Petitioner Church of Scientology International respectfully files this

Unopposed First Motion for Extension of Time to File Petition for Review. The
current deadline for filing the petition is December 21, 2015. Petitioner requests a
30-day extension of time for a new a new deadline of January 20, 2016.
The reasons for this request are as follows: For the past several months, the
undersigned counsel has spent a considerable amount of time preparing for oral
argument to the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in a case reversed and remanded to that

court from this Court in Zachry Constr. Corp. v. Port of Houston Authority, 449
S.W.3d 98 (Tex. 2014). That preparation has included reviewing approximately 50
volumes of trial transcript covering a three-month trial. The oral argument was
finally held in that case this past Monday, December 14, 2005, just one week before
the petition for review is due in this case.
Other work by the undersigned counsel during this time frame has included
drafting Petitioners Brief on the Merits in No. 15-0368, Walsh v. Woundkair
Concepts, Inc., which is due to be filed on Wednesday, December 23, 2015, just two
days after the deadline for the petition in this case.
This extension is not sought for the purposes of delay. No prior extension has
been granted for this deadline.
As set forth in the Certificate of Conference below, this motion for extension
of time is unopposed.
For these reasons, petitioner Church of Scientology International requests that
its Unopposed First Motion for Extension of Time be granted, and that the deadline
for filing its petition for review be extended 30 days to January 20, 2016.

Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Douglas W. Alexander
Douglas W. Alexander
State Bar No. 00992350
dalexander@adjtlaw.com
ALEXANDER DUBOSE JEFFERSON &
TOWNSEND LLP
515 Congress Avenue, Suite 2350
Austin, Texas 78701-3562
Telephone: (512) 482-9300
Facsimile: (512) 482-9303
Thomas S. Leatherbury
State Bar No. 12095275
tleatherbury@velaw.com
Marc A. Fuller
State Bar No. 24032210
mfuller@velaw.com
VINSON & ELKINS LLP
Trammell Crow Center
2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 3700
Dallas, Texas 75201
Telephone: (214) 220-7792
Facsimile: (214) 999-7792
COUNSEL FOR CHURCH OF
SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
I certify that on November 23, 2015, I conferred with Leslie Hyman, counsel
for Respondent, and she stated that her client does not oppose the relief sought in
this motion for extension of time.
/s/ Douglas W. Alexander
Douglas W. Alexander
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
On December 16, 2015, I electronically filed this Unopposed First Motion for
Extension of time to File Petition for Review with the Clerk of the Court using the
eFile.TXCourts.gov electronic filing system, which will send notification of such
filing to the following (unless otherwise noted below).
Ray B. Jeffrey
rjeffrey@sjmlawyers.com
A. Dannette Mitchell
dmitchell@sjmlawyers.com
JEFFREY &MITCHELL, P. C.
2631 Bulverde Road, Suite 105
Bulverde, Texas 78163
Telephone: (830) 438-8935
Facsimile: (830) 438-4958

Marc F. Wiegand
marc@wiegandlawfirm.com
THE WIEGAND LAW FIRM, P.C.
434 N. Loop 1604 West, Suite 2201
San Antonio, Texas 78232
Telephone: (210) 998-3289
Facsimile: (210) 998-3179

Elliott S. Cappuccio
ecappuccio@pulmanlaw.com
Leslie Sara Hyman
lhyman@pulmanlaw.com
Etan Z. Tepperman
etepperman@pulmanlaw.com
PULMAN, CAPPUCCIO PULLEN
& BENSON, LLP
2161 N.W. Military Hwy., #400
San Antonio, Texas 78213
Telephone: (210) 222-9494
Facsimile: (210) 892-1610

Jonathan H. Hull
jhull@reaganburrus.com
Ashley B. Bowen
abowen@reaganburrus.com
REAGAN BURRUS
401 Main Plaza, Suite 200
New Braunfels, Texas 78130
Telephone: (830) 625-8026
Facsimile: (830) 625-4433

Gary D. Sarles
gsarles@sarleslaw.com
O. Paul Dunagan
dunagan@sarleslaw.com
SARLES & OUIMET
370 Founders Square
900 Jackson Street
Dallas, Texas 75202
Telephone: (214) 573-6300
Facsimile: (214) 573-6306

Stephanie S. Bascon
sbascon@att.net
LAW OFFICE OF STEPHANIE S.
BASCON, PLLC
297 W. San Antonio Street
New Braunfels, Texas 78730
Telephone: (830) 625-2940
Facsimile: (830) 221-3441

/s/ Douglas W. Alexander

Douglas W. Alexander