Order filed November 13, 2014




                                      In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals
                                   ____________

                              NO. 14-14-00741-CV
                                   ____________

     CHRISTOPHER SPATES AND PRODIGY SERVICES, Appellants

                                         V.

                 ENI US OPERATING COMPANY, Appellee


                    On Appeal from the 234th District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 2012-35849

                                    ORDER

      This is an appeal from a judgment signed July 28, 2014. The notice of
appeal was due August 27, 2014. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1. Appellant, however,
filed his notice of appeal on September 11, 2014, a date within 15 days of the due
date for the notice of appeal. A motion for extension of time is necessarily implied
when the perfecting instrument is filed within fifteen days of its due date. Verburgt
v. Dorner, 959 S.W.2d 615, 617 (Tex. 1997). Appellant did not file a motion to
extend time to file the notice of appeal in this court.1 While an extension may be
implied, appellant is still obligated to come forward with a reasonable explanation
to support the late filing. See Miller v. Greenpark Surgery Center Assocs., Ltd.,
974 S.W.2d 805, 808 (Tex. App.CHouston [14th Dist.] 1998, no pet.).
          Accordingly, we ORDER appellant to file a proper motion to extend time to
file the notice of appeal on or before 10 days after the date of this order. See Tex.
R. App. P. 26.3;10.5(b). If appellant does not comply with this order, we will
dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3.



                                                         PER CURIAM




1
    There is a motion contained in the clerk’s record.
