ACCEPTED 15-25-00121-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 12/19/2025 11:15 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE THIRD DISTRICT OF TEXAS CLERK P.O. BOX 12547, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78711-2547 www.txcourts.gov/3rdcoa.aspx FILED IN (512) 463-1733 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 12/19/2025 11:15:14 AM DARLENE BYRNE, CHIEF JUSTICE CHRISTOPHER JEFFREY A. PRINE D. KYLE, CLERK GISELA D. TRIANA, JUSTICE Clerk CHARI L. KELLY, JUSTICE ROSA LOPEZ THEOFANIS, JUSTICE KARIN CRUMP, JUSTICE MAGGIE ELLIS, JUSTICE

The Honorable Christopher Prine Clerk of the Court Fifteenth Court of Appeals P.O. Box 12852 Austin, Texas 78711 * DELIVERED VIA E-FILE * RE: Court of Appeals Number: 15-25-00121-CV Trial Court Case Number: D-1-GN-25-002049 Style: Hays County, Texas; and Ruben Becerra; Debbie Ingalsbe; Michelle Cohen; Morgan Hammer; and Walt Smith, in their official capacities v. Leslie Carnes; Jim Camp; Cathy Ramsey; Gabrielle Moore; and Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas Dear Mr. Prine: The Third Court of Appeals agrees with the preliminary decision of the majority of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals that this appeal should not be transferred to the Third Court of Appeals.

See Tex. R. App. P. 27a(c)(5).

Very truly yours, JEFFREY D. KYLE, CLERK BY: Jackalyn Berron Jackalyn Berron, Deputy Clerk

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