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Waiting until a little under five minutes left in the deadline to file the opening brief in an appeal of Jose “Chille” DeCastro’s February loss to the Las Vegas Metro Police Department, attorney Michael Mee filed for another extension despite the court ruling that the previous extension was the final extension in the case. Mee claimed special circumstances in his request for the third extension, stating: Counsel is a solo practitioner in Las Vegas, Nevada, supported by two part time staff, a legal assistant and a paralegal. In approximately June 2026, the HVAC system at counsel's leased commercial office in downtown Las Vegas began to fail intermittently, and in July 2026 it was entirely non-functional. Temperatures inside the office exceeded 90 degrees and at times reached 100 degrees. Counsel could not properly require his staff to work in those conditions, and from late June through September 2026 he was without both of them.