In Re City of Denton, Gerard Hudspeth, Mayor of Denton, Brian Beck, Mayor Pro Tem of Denton, Vicki Byrd, Paul Meltzer, Joe Holland, Brandon Chase McGee and Chris Watts, Members of the City Council of Denton, Sara Hensley, City Manager of Denton, and Doug Shoemaker, Chief of Police of Denton, in Their Official Capacities v. the State of Texas

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-25-00030-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 4/18/2025 3:04 PM NO. 15-25-00030-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE IN THE COURT OF APPEALS CLERK FOR THE FIFTHTEENTH DISTRICT FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS AT AUSTIN, TEXAS AUSTIN, TEXAS 4/18/2025 3:04:21 PM IN RE CITY OF DENTON; GERARD HUDSPETH, Mayor of Denton; CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk BRIAN BECK, Mayor Pro Tem of Denton, VICKI BYRD, PAUL MELTZER, JOE HOLLAND, BRANDON CHASE McGEE, and CHRIS WATTS, Members of the City Council of Denton; SARA HENSLEY, City Manager of Denton; and DOUG SHOEMAKER, Chief of Police of Denton, in their official capacities, RELATORS The Honorable Crystal Levonius, RESPONDENT Original Proceeding from the 481st Judicial District Court, Denton County, Texas Cause No. 24-1005-481

RELATORS’ NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE REPLY

Mack Reinwand Jose E. de la Fuente State Bar No. 24056195 State Bar No. 00793605 Devin Alexander James F. Parker State Bar No. 24104554 State Bar No. 24027591 DENTON CITY Gabrielle C. Smith ATTORNEY’S OFFICE State Bar No. 24093172 215 East McKinney Sydney P. Sadler Denton, Texas 76201 State Bar No. 24117905 Telephone: (940) 349-8333 LLOYD GOSSELINK Facsimile: (940) 382-7923 ROCHELLE & TOWNSEND, P.C. 816 Congress Avenue, Suite 1900 Austin, Texas 78701 Telephone: (512) 322-5800 Facsimile: (512) 472-0532

ATTORNEYS FOR RELATORS TO THE HONORABLE FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS:

Relators the City of Denton (the “City”) and Gerard Hudspeth, Mayor

of Denton, Brian Beck, Mayor Pro Tem of Denton, Vicki Byrd, Paul Meltzer,

Joe Holland, Brandon Chase McGee and Chris Watts, Members of the City

Council of Denton, Sara Hensley, City Manager of Denton, and Doug

Shoemaker, Chief of Police of Denton1 (“Relators”), Relators for a Petition

for Writ of Mandamus pending in this Court, file this Notice of Intent to File

Reply in support of their Petition for Writ of Mandamus. While Texas Rule

of Appellate Procedure 52.5 allows for a Reply, but does not set a specific

deadline for same and does not require the court to wait on such Reply before

issuing its decision, Relators wish to inform the Court that Petitioner does

intend to file a Reply on or before Friday, April 25, 2025.

CONCLUSION

As set forth above, Relators hereby provide the Court notice of

Relators’ intent to file a Reply in connection with Relators’ requested

mandamus relief on or before April 25, 2025.

1 Doug Shoemaker is no longer the Chief of Police of Denton, and thus is not a proper defendant. The current Chief of Police of Denton is Jessica Robledo. Respectfully submitted,

LLOYD GOSSELINK DENTON CITY ROCHELLE & TOWNSEND, P.C. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE 816 Congress Avenue, Suite 1900 215 East McKinney Austin, Texas 78701 Denton, Texas 76201 Telephone: (512) 322-5800 Telephone: (940) 349-8333 Facsimile: (512) 472-0532 Facsimile: (940) 382-7923

By: /s/ Jose E. de la Fuente Mack Reinwand Jose E. de la Fuente City Attorney (Attorney-in-Charge) State Bar No. 24056195 State Bar No. 00793605 mack.reinwand@cityofdenton.com jdelafuente@lglawfirm.com Devin Alexander James F. Parker Deputy City Attorney State Bar No. 24027591 State Bar No. 24104554 jparker@lglawfirm.com devin.alexander@cityofdenton.com Gabrielle C. Smith State Bar No. 24093172 For email contact and service gsmith@lglawfirm.com regarding this Sydney P. Sadler case, please include email State Bar No. 24117905 addresses for all ssadler@lglawfirm.com listed attorneys in the To: field, and include amy.hoffee@cityofdenton.com in the cc: field, until requested otherwise.

ATTORNEYS FOR RELATORS CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

I, Jose E. de la Fuente, attorney for Relators, certify that this

document was generated by a computer using Microsoft Word 365, which

indicates that the word count of this document is 205 per Tex. R. App.

P. 9.4(i).

/s/Jose E. de la Fuente JOSE E. de la FUENTE 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.

Cathy Daniels on behalf of Jose de la Fuente Bar No. 00793605 cdaniels@lglawfirm.com Envelope ID: 99845233 Filing Code Description: Other Document Filing Description: Relators' Notice of Intent to File Reply Status as of 4/18/2025 3:13 PM CST

Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Jose Ede la Fuente jdelafuente@lglawfirm.com 4/18/2025 3:04:21 PM SENT

James F.Parker jparker@lglawfirm.com 4/18/2025 3:04:21 PM SENT

Amy Hoffee amy.hoffee@cityofdenton.com 4/18/2025 3:04:21 PM SENT

Devin Alexander devin.alexander@cityofdenton.com 4/18/2025 3:04:21 PM SENT

Sydney Sadler ssadler@lglawfirm.com 4/18/2025 3:04:21 PM SENT

Bonnie Freymuth bonnie.freymuth@oag.texas.gov 4/18/2025 3:04:21 PM SENT

Gabrielle C.Smith gsmith@lglawfirm.com 4/18/2025 3:04:21 PM SENT

Zachary L.Rhines zachary.rhines@oag.texas.gov 4/18/2025 3:04:21 PM SENT

Kyle Tebo kyle.tebo@oag.texas.gov 4/18/2025 3:04:21 PM SENT

Laurie DiPierro laurie.dipierro@dentoncounty.gov 4/18/2025 3:04:21 PM SENT