Filed for Record 6/16/2015 10:18:38 AM Rhonda Barchak, District Clerk Brazoria County, Texas 69510 Kim Mire, Deputy CAUSE NO. 69510 EUGENE ELDRIDGE et al. § IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF FILED IN § 1st COURT OF APPEALS vs. § HOUSTON, TEXAS § BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS 6/16/2015 4:45:01 PM § CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE § Clerk BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS § 149th JUDICIAL DISTRICT

DEFENDANT BRAZORIA COUNTY’S NOTICE OF APPEAL

1. Defendant, Brazoria County, desires to appeal from the trial court’s order denying its plea to the jurisdiction, signed on June 10, 2015. (See Exhibit A) 2. Defendant, Brazoria County, appeals to either the First or the Fourteenth Court of Appeals.

3. This is an accelerated appeal as it is an appeal from an order denying a plea to the jurisdiction made by Brazoria County, a governmental unit.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/Raethella Jones Raethella Jones Assistant District Attorney E. Locust, Suite 408A Angleton, Texas 77515 (979) 864-1232 (979) 849-8914 fax [email protected] Bar Card No. 75007981 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that a copy of this notice of appeal was served on all counsel of record by: X , regular mail, X certified mail, X , fax, X electronic mail or personal delivery on June 16, 2015.

/s/ Raethella Jones Raethella Jones