In Re Nonparty Patient No. 15 v. the State of Texas
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Opinion
ACCEPTED 15-25-00106-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS No. 15-25-00106-CV AUSTIN, TEXAS 6/30/2025 2:01 PM In the Court of Appeals CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK for the Fifteenth Judicial District15th COURT FILED IN OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS Austin, Texas 6/30/2025 2:01:58 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk In re NONPARTY PATIENT NO. 15, Relator.
On Writ of Mandamus 493rd Judicial District Court, Collin County
REAL PARTY IN INTEREST STATE OF TEXAS’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE MANDAMUS RESPONSE UNDER SEAL
Ken Paxton Abigail E. Smith Attorney General of Texas Assistant Attorney General State Bar No. 24141756 Brent Webster First Assistant Attorney General ROB FARQUHARSON Assistant Attorney General Ralph Molina State Bar No. 24100550 Deputy First Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General Austin Kinghorn Consumer Protection Division Deputy Attorney General for 12221 Merit Drive, Ste. 650 Civil Litigation Dallas, Texas 75251 Tel: (214) 290-8830 Johnathan Stone Fax: (214) 969-7615 Chief, Consumer Protection Division State Bar No. 24071779 Counsel for Real Party in Interest Real Party in Interest the State of Texas moves for leave to file its response to Relator’s mandamus petition under seal. This submission contains sensitive and
confidential information, such as health information, some of which is subject to the district court’s protective order and some of which was separately ordered sealed by the district court. The State will serve the Court, the district court, Relator, and Dr.
M. Brett Cooper unredacted versions of its mandamus response, and will file public versions with the appropriate sections redacted. This Court has already granted Relator’s motion to seal similar information in
Relator’s mandamus petition and mandamus record. And Relator has confirmed it does not oppose. As such, the State believes the Court need not wait 10 days before ruling, and can rule as soon as is practicable. See Tex. R. App. P. 10.3(a)(2) (“A court
should not hear or determine a motion until 10 days after the motion was filed, unless . . . the motion states that the parties have conferred and that no party opposes the motion[.]”). For the foregoing reasons, the State requests this motion be granted. Dated: June 30, 2025
Respectfully Submitted,
Ken Paxton Johnathan Stone Attorney General of Texas Chief, Consumer Protection Division
Brent Webster /s/ Abigail E. Smith First Assistant Attorney General Abigail E. Smith Ralph Molina Assistant Attorney General Deputy First Assistant Attorney General Rob Farquharson Austin Kinghorn Assistant Attorney General Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation Office of the Attorney General Consumer Protection Division 12221 Merit Drive, Ste. 650 Dallas, Texas 75251 Tel: (214) 290-8830 Fax: (214) 969-7615
Counsel for Real Party in Interest State of Texas Certificate of Conference During the trial court proceedings, the trial court, the State, and Dr. M. Brett Cooper discussed various portions of this mandamus petition and briefing being filed under seal. See M.R. 282, 309, 314, 342. Independently, on June 30, 2025, counsel
for the State confirmed with counsel for Relator that they do not oppose this motion. /s/ Abigail E. Smith Abigail E. Smith
Certificate of Service I certify that the foregoing was served on all interested parties via e-file .on June 30, 2025. /s/ Abigail E. Smith Abigail E. Smith 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.
Pauline Sisson on behalf of Abigail Smith Bar No. 24141756 pauline.sisson@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 102592961 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: 20250630 States Mtn Leave to File under Seal.pdf Status as of 6/30/2025 2:21 PM CST
Case Contacts
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Thanh Nguyen TDNguyen@winston.com 6/30/2025 2:01:58 PM SENT
Houston Docket ecf_houston@winston.com 6/30/2025 2:01:58 PM SENT
Jervonne Newsome jnewsome@winston.com 6/30/2025 2:01:58 PM SENT
Jonathan Hung johung@winston.com 6/30/2025 2:01:58 PM SENT
William Logan wlogan@winston.com 6/30/2025 2:01:58 PM SENT
Evan Lewis edlewis@winston.com 6/30/2025 2:01:58 PM SENT
Olivia Wogon owogon@winston.com 6/30/2025 2:01:58 PM SENT
Pauline Sisson pauline.sisson@oag.texas.gov 6/30/2025 2:01:58 PM SENT
Emily Samuels emily.samuels@oag.texas.gov 6/30/2025 2:01:58 PM SENT
Melinda Pate melinda.pate@oag.texas.gov 6/30/2025 2:01:58 PM SENT
Associated Case Party: State of Texas
Johnathan Stone johnathan.stone@oag.texas.gov 6/30/2025 2:01:58 PM SENT
Rob Farquharson rob.farquharson@oag.texas.gov 6/30/2025 2:01:58 PM SENT
Abby Smith abby.smith@oag.texas.gov 6/30/2025 2:01:58 PM SENT
David G. Shatto david.shatto@oag.texas.gov 6/30/2025 2:01:58 PM SENT
Amy Pletscher amy.pletscher@oag.texas.gov 6/30/2025 2:01:58 PM SENT
Ian Bergstrom Ian.Bergstrom@oag.texas.gov 6/30/2025 2:01:58 PM SENT
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