Texas Court of Appeals, 15th District, 2025

Ken Paxton, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General for the State of Texas and the Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas v. Delia Garza, in Her Official Capacity as Travis County Attorney; John Creuzot, in His Official Capacity as Dallas County Criminal District Attorney; And Brian Middleton, in His Official Capacity as District Attorney of Fort Bend County (268th Judicial District)

Texas Court of Appeals, 15th District · Decided September 17, 2025

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-25-00116-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS BRADLEY W. SNEAD 9/17/2025 9:14 PM [email protected] CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Board Certified Civil Appellate Law CLERK Texas Board of Legal Specialization FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM September 17, 2025 CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk Christopher A. Prine, Clerk Via Electronic Filing Fifteenth Court of Appeals P.O. Box 12852 Austin, Texas 78711 Re: No. 15-25-00116-CV, Paxton, et al. v. Garza, et al.; In the Court of Appeals for the Fifteenth Judicial District, Austin, Texas.

Dear Mr. Prine: Pursuant to the Court’s request, please be advised that I, Bradley W. Snead, will present oral argument on behalf of the Travis County, Harris County, El Paso County, Dallas County, Bexar County, and Williamson County Appellees in the above-referenced appeal for 18 minutes. Justin C. Pfeiffer will then present oral argument on behalf of Appellees for 2 minutes on behalf of Appellee Brian M.

Middleton in his official capacity as District Attorney of Fort Bend County (268th Judicial District).

Respectfully, /s/ Bradley W. Snead Bradley W. Snead State Bar No. 24032706 [email protected] WRIGHT CLOSE BARGER & GUZMAN, LLP One Riverway, Suite 2200 Houston, Texas 77056 Tel.: (713) 572-4321 Fax: (713) 572-4320

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Alysa Slocum on behalf of Brad Snead Bar No. 24049835 [email protected] Envelope ID: 105743825 Filing Code Description: Letter Filing Description: Letter to the Court of Appeals re Oral Argument for Appellees Status as of 9/18/2025 7:12 AM CST Case Contacts Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Christopher Garza 24078543 [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Cynthia Veidt 24028092 [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Christina Sanchez 24062984 [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Jonathan Fombonne 24102702 [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Maria Williamson [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Nicole A.Myette [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Tiffany Bingham 24012287 [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Nancy Villarreal [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT William Farrell [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Joshua Woods [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Bradley W.Snead [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Michael Adams-Hurta [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT William FCole [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Ben Mendelson [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Cynthia W.Veidt [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Alexandria Oberman [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Katharine Tafuri [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Amanda Ruch [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Leslie W. Dippel [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Todd A. Clark [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Jonathan G.C. Fombonne [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Tiffany S. Bingham [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system.

Alysa Slocum on behalf of Brad Snead Bar No. 24049835 [email protected] Envelope ID: 105743825 Filing Code Description: Letter Filing Description: Letter to the Court of Appeals re Oral Argument for Appellees Status as of 9/18/2025 7:12 AM CST Case Contacts Tiffany S. Bingham [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Christopher Garza [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Justin C. Pfeiffer [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Christina Sanchez [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Bernardo Rafael Cruz [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT C. RobertHeath [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT William H. Farrell [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM ERROR Cynthia W. Veidt [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM ERROR Randy T. Leavitt [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Alexandria Oberman [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Eric Abels [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Jacob Beach [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Michael J.Satin [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Laura G.Ferguson [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Michael J. Statin [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM ERROR Laura G. Ferguson [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT William H. Farrell H.Farrell [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM ERROR Leslie W.Dippel [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Leslie W.Dippel [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Bradely W.Snead [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Bernardo Cruz [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Bernardo Cruz [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Bernardo Cruz [email protected] 9/17/2025 9:14:36 PM SENT Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system.

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