`
`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
`
`
`QUEST NETTECH CORPORATION,
`
`
`
`v.
`
`APPLE, INC.,
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`Defendant.
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`§
`§
`§
`§
`§
`§
`§
`§
`§
`§
`
`ORDER
`
`CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:19-CV-00118-JRG
`
`
`Before the Court is Defendant Apple Inc.’s (“Apple”) Unopposed Motion to Extend the
`
`Deadline for Filing the Joint Letter Pursuant to the Court’s Standing Order Regarding Motions
`
`Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 (the “Motion”). (Dkt. No. 21.) Having considered the same, the Court is
`
`of the opinion that the Motion should be and hereby is GRANTED.
`
`However, the Court notes that the Motion was submitted on the day of the deadline it
`
`sought to extend. While true emergencies may at times necessitate such a late filing, the Court
`
`finds that last-minute motions to extend deadlines unduly burden the Court and risk compromising
`
`a party’s rights in the event such a motion is denied. See ABA Model Rule 1.3, cmt. 3; see also
`
`L.R. AT-3(j) (“The court is not bound to accept agreements of counsel to extend deadlines imposed
`
`by rule or court order.”). Accordingly, the Court ORDERS that any future motions to extend
`
`deadlines shall be filed no later than three (3) business days before the earliest deadline for which
`
`extension is sought or shall state good cause why the motion could not be filed by such time.
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`Case 2:19-cv-00118-JRG Document 25 Filed 07/03/19 Page 2 of 2 PageID #: 226
`
`
`
`
`
`2
`
`.
`
`____________________________________
`RODNEY GILSTRAP
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
`
`So ORDERED and SIGNED this 3rd day of July, 2019.
`
`