State of Texas v. Harris County, Texas

ACCEPTED 15-24-00120-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 7/23/2025 10:54 AM No. 15-24-00120-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK FILED IN In the Fifteenth Court of Appeals 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS Austin, Texas 7/23/2025 10:54:22 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk

State of Texas, Appellant, v. Harris County, Texas, et al., Appellees.

On Appeal from the 165th District Court, Harris County, Texas Cause No. 2024-22320, Hon. Ursula Hall, Presiding Judge

Joint Motion to Vacate and Dismiss

Ken Paxton Grant B. Martinez Brent Webster State Bar No. 24104118 Benjamin W. Mendelson [email protected] State Bar No. 24106297 Justin P. Tschoepe [email protected] Lily E. Hann Office of the Yetter Coleman LLP Attorney General 811 Main Street, Suite 4100 P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) Houston, Texas 77002 Austin, Texas 78711 Phone: (713) 632-8000 Phone: (512) 936-1700 Counsel for Appellees Counsel for Appellant To the Honorable Fifteenth Court of Appeals: Pursuant to Rules of Appellate Procedure 42.1(a)(2)(A) and 43.2(e), Appellant and Appellees (collectively, the “Parties”) jointly request that the Court vacate the trial court’s final judgment and related orders and dismiss the case without prejudice.

On June 12, 2025, the Harris County Commissioners Court voted to terminate and reallocate funds from Harris County’s Community Prosperity Program, which is the program at issue in this case and which is the successor to the Uplift Harris program at issue in related case No. 15-24-00061-CV. That decision is being implemented, pending ministerial work. Both Uplift Harris and the Community Prosperity Program will be closed out and the funds for both programs will be reallocated. As a result, the cases are potentially moot.

In any event, the Parties have agreed to vacatur of the trial court’s final judgment and related orders—including the denial of the motion for temporary injunction, the grant of the plea to the jurisdiction, and the grant of the motion to show authority—and to dismissal of the case without prejudice. The Parties agree that each side shall bear its respective attorney’s fees and costs.

The parties respectfully request that the Court reinstate the appeal and render judgment effectuating the parties’ agreement. Tex. R. App. P. 42.1(a)(2)(A), 43.2(e); see, e.g., Denton Transitional LTCH, L.P. v. Dallas Metro Surgery Ctr., LLC, 2021 WL 388591, at *1 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2021, no pet.) (per curiam) (vacating trial court’s judgment and dismissing case).

Conclusion & Prayer For these reasons, the Parties request that the Court reinstate the appeal, grant this motion, vacate the trial court’s final judgment and related orders, and dismiss the case without prejudice.

-2- Dated: July 23, 2025 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Benjamin W. Mendelson /s/ Grant B. Martinez Ken Paxton Grant B. Martinez Brent Webster State Bar No. 24104118 Benjamin Mendelson [email protected] State Bar No. 24106297 Justin P. Tschoepe [email protected] State Bar 24079480 Office of the Attorney General [email protected] P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) Lily E. Hann Austin, Texas 78711 State Bar No. 24133836 Phone: (512) 936-1700 [email protected] Yetter Coleman LLP Attorneys for Appellant 811 Main Street, Suite 4100 Houston, Texas 77002 Phone: (713) 632-8000 Christian D. Menefee Harris County Attorney Tiffany S. Bingham Managing Counsel Affirmative & Special Litigation Division State Bar No. 24012287 [email protected] Edward D. Swidriski III Assistant Harris County Attorney State Bar No. 24083929 [email protected] Office of The Harris County Attorney 1019 Congress Plaza, 15th Floor Houston, Texas 77002 Phone: (713) 274-5101 Attorneys for Appellees

-3- Certificate of Service I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of this document was served on all counsel of record in this case, identified below, on July 23, 2025, electronically through the electronic filing manager in compliance with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure: Grant B. Martinez Tiffany S. Bingham [email protected] [email protected] Justin P. Tschoepe Edward D. Swidriski III [email protected] [email protected] Lily E. Hann Office of The Harris County Attorney [email protected] 1019 Congress Plaza, 15th Floor Yetter Coleman LLP Houston, Texas 77002 Main Street, Suite 4100 Phone: (713) 274-5101 Houston, Texas 77002 Phone: (713) 632-8000

Counsel for Appellees /s/ Benjamin W. Mendelson Benjamin W. Mendelson

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Nancy Villarreal on behalf of Ben Mendelson Bar No. 24106297 [email protected] Envelope ID: 103478608 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: 20250723 Community Prosperity Joint Motion to Vacate_Final Status as of 7/23/2025 11:03 AM CST Case Contacts Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Delonda Dean [email protected] 7/23/2025 10:54:22 AM SENT Lisa Prince [email protected] 7/23/2025 10:54:22 AM SENT Yetter Coleman [email protected] 7/23/2025 10:54:22 AM SENT Edward Swidriski 24083929 [email protected] 7/23/2025 10:54:22 AM SENT Athena Leyton [email protected] 7/23/2025 10:54:22 AM SENT Nancy Villarreal [email protected] 7/23/2025 10:54:22 AM SENT Toni Shah [email protected] 7/23/2025 10:54:22 AM SENT Grant Martinez [email protected] 7/23/2025 10:54:22 AM SENT Lily Hann [email protected] 7/23/2025 10:54:22 AM SENT Tiffany Bingham [email protected] 7/23/2025 10:54:22 AM SENT Justin Tschoepe [email protected] 7/23/2025 10:54:22 AM SENT

Associated Case Party: Harris County, Texas Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Christopher Garza 24078543 [email protected] 7/23/2025 10:54:22 AM SENT Jonathan Fombonne 24102702 [email protected] 7/23/2025 10:54:22 AM SENT Eleanor Matheson 24131490 [email protected] 7/23/2025 10:54:22 AM SENT Andrea Mintzer [email protected] 7/23/2025 10:54:22 AM SENT Christian Menefee 24088049 [email protected] 7/23/2025 10:54:22 AM SENT Ryan Cooper 24123649 [email protected] 7/23/2025 10:54:22 AM SENT

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Nancy Villarreal on behalf of Ben Mendelson Bar No. 24106297 [email protected] Envelope ID: 103478608 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: 20250723 Community Prosperity Joint Motion to Vacate_Final Status as of 7/23/2025 11:03 AM CST Associated Case Party: The State of Texas Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Ben Mendelson [email protected] 7/23/2025 10:54:22 AM SENT Nicole A.Myette [email protected] 7/23/2025 10:54:22 AM SENT William Farrell [email protected] 7/23/2025 10:54:22 AM SENT