In Re TikTok Inc.; TikTok Ltd.; TikTok Pte. Ltd.; TikTok U.S. Data Security Inc.; ByteDance Ltd.; And ByteDance Inc. v. the State of Texas

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ACCEPTED 15-25-00209-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 11/26/2025 9:50 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE No. 15-25-00209-CV CLERK FILED IN IN THE COURT OF APPEALS15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS FOR THE FIFTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT11/26/2025 AUSTIN9:50:39 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk I N RE T IK T OK I NC ., T IK T OK L TD .; T IK T OK P TE .; T IK T OK U.S. D ATA S ECURITY I NC .; B YTE D ANCE L TD .; AND B YTE D ANCE , I NC ., RELATORS.

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the 250th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. D-1-GN-25-003118 Honorable Cory Liu, Presiding Judge

REAL PARTY IN INTEREST STATE OF TEXAS’S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE RESPONSE TO MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RELIEF

The State of Texas, real party in interest in this proceeding and Plaintiff in

the court below, files this motion requesting an extension of the deadline to file

its response to Relators’ motion for temporary relief.

On November 18, 2025, Relators filed a petition for writ of mandamus

asking this Court to reverse the district court’s October 1, 2025 Order denying

Relators’ Rule 91a motion to dismiss the State’s claims, vacate the trial court’s

decision, and instruct the trial court to dismiss the State’s claims. The same day,

Relators filed a motion to stay the district court’s proceedings pending

disposition of their petition for mandamus.

On Friday, November 21, the Court requested the State to file a response to the motion for temporary relief by December 5, 2025. In light of the

Thanksgiving holiday, the State requests a one-week extension to December 12,

2025. This is the State’s first request for an extension, and Relators agree to the

request. This request for an extension of time is not made for the purpose of

delay, but to permit the State time to adequately prepare and submit a thorough

brief.

PRAYER

For the above reasons, the State prays that the Court afford it until

December 12, 2025, to file its response to the motion for temporary relief.

DATED: November 26, 2025 Respectfully submitted,

KEN PAXTON /s/ Richard R. McCutcheon Attorney General of Texas RICHARD R. McCUTCHEON State Bar No. 24139547 BRENT WEBSTER MADELINE FOGEL First Assistant Attorney General State Bar No. 24141985 Assistant Attorneys General RALPH MOLINA OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY Deputy First Assistant GENERAL OF TEXAS Attorney General Consumer Protection Division 808 Travis Street, Suite 1520 AUSTIN KINGHORN Houston, Texas 77002 Deputy Attorney General for Tel: (713) 225-8922 Civil Litigation Fax: (713) 223-5821 Richard.McCutcheon@oag.texas.gov JOHNATHAN STONE Madeline.Fogel@oag.texas.gov Chief, Consumer Protection Division DAVID H. THOMPSON* ADAM P. LAXALT* BRIAN W. BARNES* MEGAN M. WOLD* DELISA L. RAGSDALE

2 Texas Bar No. 24074579 COOPER & KIRK, PLLC 1523 New Hampshire Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C., 20036 Telephone: (202) 220-9600 Facsimile: (202) 220-9601 dthompson@cooperkirk.com

*Pro Hac Vice admission forthcoming

JOHN C. HERNANDEZ Texas State Bar No. 24095819 Assistant Attorney General OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS Consumer Protection Division P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Tel: (512) 463-2185 Fax: (512) 473-8301 JC.Hernandez@oag.texas.gov

ADAM HOLTZ State Bar No. 24143021 Assistant Attorney General OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS Consumer Protection Division 112 E. Pecan Street, Ste. 735 San Antonio. Texas 78205 Tel: (210) 225-4191 Fax: (210) 225-1072 Adam.Holtz@oag.texas.gov

ATTORNEYS FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS

3 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE The undersigned counsel conferred with counsel for Relators on November 25, 2025, via email in which counsel for Relators stated that Relators agree to the extension.

/s/ Richard R. McCutcheon Richard R. McCutcheon

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on November 26, 2025, a true and correct copy of this document was served upon all counsel of record via electronic filing service.

/s/ Richard R. McCutcheon Richard R. McCutcheon

4 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.

Gessica Taddei on behalf of Richard McCutcheon Bar No. 24139547 gtaddei@cooperkirk.com Envelope ID: 108489931 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE RESPONSE TO MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RELIEF Status as of 11/26/2025 11:40 AM CST

Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Brandon Duke bduke@omm.com 11/26/2025 9:50:39 AM SENT

Trial Court 250.submission@traviscountytx.gov 11/26/2025 9:50:39 AM SENT

Adam Holtz adam.holtz@oag.texas.gov 11/26/2025 9:50:39 AM SENT

Brian Barnes bbarnes@cooperkirk.com 11/26/2025 9:50:39 AM SENT

David Thompson dthompson@cooperkirk.com 11/26/2025 9:50:39 AM SENT

Adam Laxalt alaxalt@cooperkirk.com 11/26/2025 9:50:39 AM SENT

Madeline Fogel madeline.fogel@oag.texas.gov 11/26/2025 9:50:39 AM SENT

Hannah Campus hannah.campus@oag.texas.gov 11/26/2025 9:50:39 AM SENT

Melinda Pate melinda.pate@oag.texas.gov 11/26/2025 9:50:39 AM SENT

Jerry Bergman jerry.bergman@oag.texas.gov 11/26/2025 9:50:39 AM SENT

Calendar Litigation litigationcalendar@omm.com 11/26/2025 9:50:39 AM SENT

Megan Crowley mcrowley@cov.com 11/26/2025 9:50:39 AM SENT

Richard Mccutcheon richard.mccutcheon@oag.texas.gov 11/26/2025 9:50:39 AM SENT

Zoann Willis zoann.willis@oag.texas.gov 11/26/2025 9:50:39 AM SENT

Rebecca Hermann rebecca.herrmann@oag.texas.gov 11/26/2025 9:50:39 AM SENT