                                                                                                                     ACCEPTED
                                                                                                                  03-17-00365-cv
                                                                                                                       21306984
                                                                                                       THIRD COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                                                                 AUSTIN, TEXAS
                                                                                                              12/14/2017 4:57 PM
                                                                                                               JEFFREY D. KYLE
                                    515 Congress Avenue, Suite 1900 | Austin, TX 78701                                    CLERK
                                         Phone 512.708.1000 | Fax 512.708.1002
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AMANDA TAYLOR                                                                                   RECEIVED IN
                                                                                         3rd COURT OF APPEALS
BOARD CERTIFIED • CIVIL APPELLATE LAW                                                     ataylor@beckredden.com
                                                                                               AUSTIN, TEXAS
TEXAS BOARD OF LEGAL SPECIALIZATION                                                       Direct: (512) 900-3217
                                                                                         12/14/2017 4:57:32 PM
                                                                                             JEFFREY D. KYLE
                                               December 14, 2017                                     Clerk


RE:      Cortez v. Brown, et. al., No. 03-17-00365-CV, in the Court of Appeals for the Third
         Judicial District of Texas, in Austin.



Jeffrey D. Kyle, Clerk                                                                      Via E-Filing
Third Court of Appeals
P.O. Box 12547
Austin, Texas 78711-2547

Dear Mr. Kyle:

          On December 13, 2017, Appellant in the above-referenced case filed a Response to
the Appellees’ Motion to Dismiss for Want of Jurisdiction, and his counsel filed a Motion for
Leave to File an Amended Notice of Appeal. The Appellees intend to file a Reply in support
of their Motion and a Response to the Motion on or before December 29, 2017. Although
we would normally respond within 10 days, extra time is needed due to out-of-town travel
for the holidays beginning on December 15, and due to the complexity of issues raised and
volume of outside-of-the-record documents attached to Appellant’s Response.

         Please provide a copy of this letter to the Honorable Justices of our assigned panel.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

                                                        Sincerely,



                                                        Amanda Taylor


AGT/jlv
CC:      Brian Thompson (via email)
         Aaron Boone (via email)
December 14, 2017
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                           CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
       I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing letter has been
electronically filed and served on all counsel below on December 14, 2017. See Tex. R.
App. P. 9.2(c)(1), 9.5(b)(1).

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                                              /s/ Amanda G. Taylor
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