Dawn Buckingham, M.D., as the Land Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office v. Lone Oak Club, LLC

ACCEPTED
15-25-00133-CV
FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
11/25/2025 3:14 PM
No. 15-25-00133-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
__________________________________________________________________ CLERK
FILED IN
15th COURT OF APPEALS
In The Fifteenth Court of Appeals AUSTIN, TEXAS
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11/25/2025 3:14:34 PM
CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
DAWN BUCKINGHAM. M.D., as Commissioner of the Clerk
Texas General Land Office,

Appellant,

v.

LONE OAK CLUB, LLC

Appellee.
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Appeal from Cause No. CV27446-A in the 253rd District Court of
Chambers County, Texas
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UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF OF
APPELLANT
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Ken Slavin Deborah C. Trejo
ken.slavin@kempsmith.com deborah.trejo@kempsmith.com
Texas Bar No. 18496100 Texas Bar No. 24007004
KEMP SMITH LLP KEMP SMITH LLP
221 N. Kansas St. | Suite 1700 1301 Nueces St., Suite 100
El Paso, Texas 79901 Austin, Texas 78701
(915) 533-4424 (512) 320-5225
(915) 546-5360 (facsimile) (512) 320-5431 (facsimile)

Attorneys for Appellant

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TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

DAWN BUCKINGHAM, M.D., as the Land Commissioner of the Texas

General Land Office (“Appellant”) respectfully files this unopposed motion for a

twenty-one (21) day extension of time to file her Brief of Appellant and would show

the Court the following:

1. The current deadline for filing the Brief of Appellant is December 1, 2025.

2. Appellant requests a twenty-one (21) day extension of time to file the

Brief of Appellant for a new deadline of December 22, 2025.

3. The Court has the authority under Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(d) to extend the

time to file a brief.

4. This extension is requested because Appellant’s attorneys are unable to

complete the brief by the due date because of prior work deadlines including:

 Appellant’s counsel assisted co-counsel extensively to prepare for oral
argument held on November 12, 2025 in City of Dallas v. Dallas Police
and Fire Pension System, No. 08-25-00020-CV, in the Eighth Court of
Appeals, El Paso, Texas;

 Appellant’s counsel has assisted co-counsel extensively in preparation
for oral argument to be held in the Texas Supreme Court on December
2, 2025, in Clifton et al v. Johnson et al, Case No. 23-0671, in the
Supreme Court of Texas;

 Appellant’s counsel prepared for argument in hearings set for
November 20, 2025, on multiple summary judgment motions in the
case of Jim Omer Dixon et al. v. County Royalty Acquisition Program,
Inc. et al, Cause No. 23-06-U5024-OTH in the 112th District Court of
Upton County, Texas.
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5. This is the Appellant’s first motion for an extension of time for filing

her brief. This request is not made for purposes of delay, but so that justice may be

done.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

The undersigned attorney has conferred with Edward R. Norwood, counsel

for Appellee, and this motion is unopposed.

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant requests an extension

of time to file its reply brief, creating a new deadline of December 22, 2025.

Respectfully submitted,

KEMP SMITH LLP
221 North Kansas, Suite 1700
El Paso, Texas 79901-1441
(915) 533-4424
(915) 546-5360 (FAX)

By:
Ken Slavin
State Bar No. 18496100
ken.slavin@kempsmith.com
KEMP SMITH LLP
1301 Nueces St., Suite 100
Austin, Texas 78701
Telephone: (512) 320-5466
Facsimile: (512) 320-5431
Deborah Trejo
State Bar No.24007004
deborah.trejo@kempsmith.com

Attorneys for Appellant
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

Pursuant to rule 9.5 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, I hereby
certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document was served upon the
following counsel of record for Appellee, by electronic mail and/or electronic filing
on this on this 25th day of November, 2025.

Edgar R. Norwood
The Norwood Law Firm
340 Main St.
Liberty, TX 77575-4806
enorwood@ednorwoodlaw.com

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KEN SLAVIN

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Terry Castillo on behalf of Ken Slavin
Bar No. 18496100
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Filing Code Description: Motion
Filing Description: Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief of
Appellant
Status as of 11/25/2025 3:32 PM CST

Case Contacts

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Deborah Trejo deborah.trejo@kempsmith.com 11/25/2025 3:14:34 PM SENT

Rachel Moreno rachel.moreno@kempsmith.com 11/25/2025 3:14:34 PM SENT

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Ken Slavin ken.slavin@kempsmith.com 11/25/2025 3:14:34 PM SENT

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Michael Sanders mcs@sandersfirm.law 11/25/2025 3:14:34 PM SENT