Brandon Hodges, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Trustee of District for Midland ISD; Dr. Mary Bone, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as a Trustee of Round Rock ISD; And Danielle Weston, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as a Trustee of Round Rock ISD v. Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District, Crandall Independent School District, Forney Independent School District, Fort Stockton Independent School District, and Kingsville Independent School District

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-24-00109-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 2/4/2025 11:02 AM No. 15-24-00109-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK __________________________________________________________________ FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 2/4/2025 11:02:25 AM FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE AUSTIN, TEXAS Clerk __________________________________________________________________

Brandon Hodges, individually and in his Official Capacity as Trustee of District for Midland ISD, et al., Appellants

v.

Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District, et al. Appellees __________________________________________________________________

Accelerated Appeal from the 201st Judicial District Court, Travis County Cause No. D-1-GN-24-005018 __________________________________________________________________

APPELLEES’ UNOPPOSED FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLEES’ BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS:

Pursuant to Rules 38.6(d) and 10.5(b) of the Texas Rules of Appellate

Procedure, Appellees file this Unopposed Motion for an Extension of Time to file

their appellees’ brief and respectfully requests an extension of 30 days, making the

Appellees’ brief due on March 13, 2025.

Appellees’ brief is currently due on February 11, 2025. Appellees seek a 30-day extension of this deadline.

Appellees have recently had numerous settings and deadlines in other matters. As a

result, Appellees request an extension to ensure that Appellees provide the Court with a

thorough, thoughtful, and well-composed brief.

Appellants are unopposed to this requested extension.

No prior extension has been sought for this filing, and its granting will prejudice no

party.

PRAYER

Accordingly, Appellees request a 30-day extension of time, resulting in a new

deadline of March 13, 2025.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Kevin O’Hanlon Kevin O’Hanlon kohanlon@808west.com State Bar No. 15235500 O’HANLON, DEMERATH & CASTILLO 808 West Avenue Austin, Texas 78701 Tel: (512) 494-9949 Fax: (512) 494-9919

Counsel for Appellees

2 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

On February 3, 2025, I conferred with counsel for Appellants. Counsel for Appellants are unopposed to this motion for extension of time.

/s/ Kevin O’Hanlon Kevin O’Hanlon

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 9.5(e), an automated certificate of service will be generated when this document is e-filed.

/s/ Kevin O’Hanlon Kevin O’Hanlon

3 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.

Kathryn French on behalf of Kevin O'Hanlon Bar No. 15235500 kfrench@808west.com Envelope ID: 96953383 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: Appellees' 1st Unopposed MET - Brief Status as of 2/4/2025 11:24 AM CST

Associated Case Party: Brandon Hodges, individually and in his official capacity as Trustee of District for Midland ISD

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Byron K.Henry byron.henry@solidcounsel.com 2/4/2025 11:02:25 AM SENT

Melissa Diaz melissa.diaz@solidcounsel.com 2/4/2025 11:02:25 AM SENT

Walker StevenYoung walker.young@solidcounsel.com 2/4/2025 11:02:25 AM SENT

Associated Case Party: Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Kevin O'Hanlon 15235500 kohanlon@808west.com 2/4/2025 11:02:25 AM SENT

Lea Ohrstrom lohrstrom@808west.com 2/4/2025 11:02:25 AM SENT

Kathryn French kfrench@808west.com 2/4/2025 11:02:25 AM SENT