Anthony Norman v. Ashlei Janak, Bobby Lumpkin, Bryan Collier, Shovanda D. Mathis, Margarita Thomas, Rocky Moore, and Tammy Shelby

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-24-00068-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 4/17/2025 2:36 PM No. 15-24-00068-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK FILED IN In the Court of Appeals 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS for the Fifteenth Judicial District of Texas 4/17/2025 2:36:59 PM Austin, Texas CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk

ANTHONY WHITNEY NORMAN Plaintiff /Appellant,

v.

A. JANAK, ET AL. Defendants / Appellees.

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On Direct Appeal from the 12th Judicial District Court Walker County, Texas, Honorable Judge David W. Moorman Trial Court Cause No. 2230570

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APPELLEES JANAK, LUMPKIN, COLLIER, THOMAS, MOORE, SHELBY AND MATHIS’S NOTICE OF NEW LEAD COUNSEL

Appellees Ashley Janak, Bobby Lumpkin, Bryan Collier, Margarita Thomas,

Rocky Moore, Tammy Shelby, and Shovanda Mathis file this Notice of New Lead

Counsel. Appellees are represented by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas.

This case was originally assigned to prior Assistant Attorney General (“AAG”)

Austin Hamby. Since Mr. Hamby is no longer with the Office, this case was

administratively reassigned to AAG Jacob I. Pons. AAG Pons therefore requests that all future pleadings, orders, and correspondence be sent to him at the address listed

below.

Respectfully submitted,

KEN PAXTON SHANNA E. MOLINARE Attorney General of Texas Assistant Attorney General Chief, Law Enforcement Defense Division BRENT WEBSTER First Assistant Attorney General /s/ Jacob I. Pons JACOB I. PONS RALPH MOLINA Assistant Attorney General Deputy First Assistant Attorney-in-Charge Attorney General Texas State Bar No. 24139435 Jacob.pons@oag.texas.gov AUSTIN KINGHORN Deputy Attorney General Law Enforcement Defense Division for Civil Litigation Office of the Attorney General P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Phone (512) 463-2080 | Fax (512) 370-9814

COUNSEL FOR APPELLEES

/s/ Austin Hamby AUSTIN HAMBY Texas State Bar No. 24105304 Prior Counsel for Appellees

NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC FILING

I, JACOB I. PONS, Assistant Attorney General of Texas, do hereby certify that I have electronically submitted for filing, a true and correct copy of the above in accordance with the electronic filing system for the Fifteenth Court of Appeals on April 16, 2025.

/s/ Jacob I. Pons JACOB I. PONS Assistant Attorney General

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, JACOB I. PONS, Assistant Attorney General of Texas, hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing has been served by placing same in the United States Mail, Certified Return Receipt Requested on April 16, 2025, addressed to:

Anthony Norman, 01718789 CMRRR 7020 0090 0000 7451 4249 TDCJ – Leblanc Unit 3695 FM 3514 Beaumont, TX 77705 Appellant, pro se

/s/ Jacob I. Pons JACOB I. PONS Assistant Attorney General

Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.

Gloriana Ojeda on behalf of Jacob Pons Bar No. 24139435 gloriana.ojeda@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 99807921 Filing Code Description: Other Document Filing Description: Notice New Lead Counsel 15CoA_Pons Status as of 4/17/2025 3:09 PM CST

Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Jacob Pons 24139435 jacob.pons@oag.texas.gov 4/17/2025 2:36:59 PM SENT

Bridney Mcfield britney.mcfield@oag.texas.gov 4/17/2025 2:36:59 PM SENT

Gloriana Ojeda gloriana.ojeda@oag.texas.gov 4/17/2025 2:36:59 PM SENT