Home/Court of Appeals of Texas/Arnulfo Cortez, Jr.; Homero R. Balderas, Brian D. Nipper, Mark F. Van Rosendael and Bryan K. Hugghins v. Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; Gregory Stevens in His Capacity as Executive Director of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; And John Beauchamp, in His Official Capacity as Counsel for Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; And T.J. Vineyard, in His Official Capacity as Major for the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement

Arnulfo Cortez, Jr.; Homero R. Balderas, Brian D. Nipper, Mark F. Van Rosendael and Bryan K. Hugghins v. Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; Gregory Stevens in His Capacity as Executive Director of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; And John Beauchamp, in His Official Capacity as Counsel for Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; And T.J. Vineyard, in His Official Capacity as Major for the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided March 31, 2025·No. 15-24-00116-CV·Published

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ACCEPTED 15-24-00116-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 3/31/2025 5:05 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 3/31/2025 5:05:09 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE March 31, 2025 Clerk

Christopher A. Prine Clerk of Court 15th Court of Appeals

Re: VACATION LETTER; Arnulfo Cortez, Jr, Homero R. Balderas, Brian D. Nipper, Mark F. VanRosendael, and Bryan K. Hugghins v. Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, Gregory Stevens in his capacity as the Executive Director of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, John Beauchamp in his Official Capacity as County for Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and T.J. Vineyard in his Official Capacity as Major for Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; No. 15-24-00116-CV

Dear Mr. Prine:

Please note that the undersigned attorney is scheduled for vacation from Wednesday, July 16, 2025, Monday, July 21, 2025.

I respectfully request that any hearings, trials, or discovery deadlines not be scheduled during this period.

Thank you for your courtesy and cooperation in this matter.

Sincerely,

/s/ Lauren McGee LAUREN MCGEE Assistant Attorney General State Bar No. 24128835 Office of the Attorney General of Texas Administrative Law Division P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Telephone: (512) 475-3203 Lauren. McGee@oag.texas.gov

Cc via email: George Hyde, ghyde@txlocalgovlaw.com Matthew Weston, mweston@txlocalgovlaw.com

P os t Of fic e Box 12548 , Aust in, Texa s 7 8 7 1 1 - 2 5 4 8 • ( 5 1 2 ) 4 6 3 - 2 1 0 0 • www. texa satto r neyg eneral .gov

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Lauren McGee on behalf of Lauren McGee Bar No. 24128835 lauren.mcgee@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 99100283 Filing Code Description: Letter Filing Description: Vacation Letter Status as of 4/1/2025 8:00 AM CST

Case Contacts

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Lauren McGee 24128835 Lauren.mcgee@oag.texas.gov 3/31/2025 5:05:09 PM SENT

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Arnulfo Cortez, Jr.; Homero R. Balderas, Brian D. Nipper, Mark F. Van Rosendael and Bryan K. Hugghins v. Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; Gregory Stevens in His Capacity as Executive Director of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; And John Beauchamp, in His Official Capacity as Counsel for Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; And T.J. Vineyard, in His Official Capacity as Major for the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, (Tex. Ct. App. 2025).

Arnulfo Cortez, Jr.; Homero R. Balderas, Brian D. Nipper, Mark F. Van Rosendael and Bryan K. Hugghins v. Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; Gregory Stevens in His Capacity as Executive Director of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; And John Beauchamp, in His Official Capacity as Counsel for Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; And T.J. Vineyard, in His Official Capacity as Major for the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (Arnulfo Cortez, Jr.; Homero R. Balderas, Brian D. Nipper, Mark F. Van Rosendael and Bryan K. Hugghins v. Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; Gregory Stevens in His Capacity as Executive Director of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; And John Beauchamp, in His Official Capacity as Counsel for Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; And T.J. Vineyard, in His Official Capacity as Major for the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.