Hays County, Texas, 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
Opinion
ACCEPTED
15-25-00121-CV
FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 1/9/2026 10:33 AM
NO. 15-25-00121-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK
FILED IN
IN THE FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS 15th COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM
Hays County, Texas, Ruben Becerra, CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
Debbie Ingalsbe, Michelle Cohen, Morgan Hammer, Clerk
and Walt Smith, in their official capacities, Appellants
v.
Leslie Carnes, Jim Camp, Cathy Ramsey, and Gabrielle Moore, Appellees
Appeal from the 126th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas; Cause No. D-1-GN-25-002049
NOTICE OF APPELLANTS’ COUNSEL PRESENTING ORAL ARGUMENT
Michael Shaunessy C. Robert Heath State Bar No. 18134550 State Bar No. 09347500 Ian Davis BICKERSTAFF HEATH DELGADO State Bar No. 24120793 ACOSTA LLP MCGINNIS LOCHRIDGE LLP 1601 S. MoPac Expressway 1111 W. 6th St., Ste. 400 Suite C400 Austin, Texas 78703 Austin, Texas 78746 (512) 495-6000 (512) 472-8021 mshaunessy@mcginnislaw.com bheath@bickerstaff.com idavis@mcginnislaw.com
Attorneys for Appellants
Appellants respectfully notify the Court that C. Robert Heath,
Texas Bar No. 09347500, will present oral argument for Appellants
before the Court on January 21, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
By: /s/ Michael Shaunessy
Michael Shaunessy State Bar No. 18134550 Ian Davis State Bar No. 24120793 MCGINNIS LOCHRIDGE LLP 1111 W. 6th St., Ste. 400 Austin, Texas 78703 (512) 495-6000 mshaunessy@mcginnislaw.com idavis@mcginnislaw.com
By: /s/ C. Robert Heath
C. Robert Heath State Bar No. 09347500 BICKERSTAFF HEATH DELGADO ACOSTA LLP 1601 S. MoPac Expressway Suite C400 Austin, Texas 78746 (512) 472-8021 bheath@bickerstaff.com
Attorneys for Appellants
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that on January 9, 2026, a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing pleading was served on all counsel of record by the Electronic Service Provider if registered, otherwise by email, as follows:
Bill Aleshire Lynn Saarinen, Assistant bill@aleshirelaw.com Attorney General ALESHIRELAW, PC Lynn.saarinen@oag.texas.gov 3605 Shady Valley Drive ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS Austin, Texas 78739 FINANCIAL LITIGATION SECTION, GENERAL LITIGATION DIVISION
William G. Bunch MC-017 bill@sosalliance.org P.O. Box 12548 Robert Levinski Austin, Texas 78711 bobby@sosalliance.org SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE Attorney for the Attorney 4701 Westgate Blvd, Ste. D-401 General of the State of Texas Austin, Texas 78745
Attorneys for Appellees
/s/ Michael Shaunessy Michael Shaunessy
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Case Contacts
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Claude Heath 9347500 bheath@bickerstaff.com 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT
Ian M.Davis idavis@mcginnislaw.com 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT
Tristan AGarza tristan.garza@oag.texas.gov 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT
Michael Shaunessy mshaunessy@mcginnislaw.com 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT
Julie Denny jdenny@mcginnislaw.com 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT
Amy Botelho abotelho@mcginnislaw.com 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT
Austin Jones ajones@mcginnislaw.com 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT
Bill Aleshire bill@aleshirelaw.com 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT
Bill Bunch bill@sosalliance.org 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT
Raymond Abarca Raymond.Abarca@oag.texas.gov 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM ERROR
Bobby Levinski bobby@sosalliance.org 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT
William Gammon firm@gammonlawoffice.com 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT
Lynn Saarinen lynn.saarinen@oag.texas.gov 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT
Rosemarie Kanusky rkanusky@mphlegal.com 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT
Matthew PhilipHines mhines@mphlegal.com 1/9/2026 10:33:29 AM SENT
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