In the Guardianship of Landen Thomas Griswold, an Incapacitated Person v. the State of Texas
Opinion
ACCEPTED
15-25-00017-CV
FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 4/24/2025 10:49 AM
No. 15-25-00017-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK
FILED IN
In the Fifteenth Court of Appeals 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS
Austin, Texas
4/24/2025 10:49:00 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
Clerk
In the Guardianship of Landen Thomas Griswold, an Incapacitated Person
On Appeal from Cause No. G00074 County Court at Law Cherokee County, Texas
UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLEE’S BRIEF
Pursuant to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 10.5(b) and 38.6(d),
Appellee, Texas Health and Humas Services Commission (“Appellee”) files
this unopposed motion seeking a 20-day extension of time to file Appellee’s
Brief to May 27, 2025.1 In support of this motion, Appellee shows the
following:
1. Appellee’s Brief is due May 5, 2025.
2. The following grounds provide good cause for extending the time
to file Appellee’s Brief. Appellee’s former lead counsel, Alyssa Bixby-Lawson,
has accepted another position outside of the Texas Office of the Attorney
1 A 20-day extension from the current deadline of May 5, 2025, falls on Sunday, May 25.
2025; and, the following Monday, May 26, 2025, is Memorial Day.
General and outside of the State of Texas—her last day with the Texas Office
of the Attorney General is April 25, 2025. Appellee’s new and current lead
counsel, Reed S. Arroyo, was only recently assigned to represent Appellee in
this action on Friday, April 18, 2025. Due to Mr. Arroyo’s other
responsibilities in separate litigation matters, he was only able to meet and
confer with Mrs. Bixby-Lawson for the first time regarding this case on April
23, 2025. Consequently, Mr. Arroyo requires more time to review the filings
and to prepare Appellee’s brief.
3. This is the second request for an extension of time to file
Appellee’s Brief before this Court.
4. The motion is unopposed.
5. This motion is not filed for the purpose of delay, nor will
Appellant be harmed because Appellant is unopposed to this extension
request.
Prayer
For these reasons, Appellee respectfully request that the Court grant
an extension of time of 20-days to file Appellee’s Brief to May 27, 2025, and
grant it any other relief to which it may be justly entitled.
Respectfully submitted,
KEN PAXTON Attorney General
BRENT WEBSTER First Assistant Attorney General
RALPH MOLINA Deputy First Assistant Attorney General
AUSTIN KINGHORN Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation
KIMBERLY GDULA Chief, General Litigation Division /s/ Alyssa Bixby-Lawson ALYSSA BIXBY-LAWSON Texas Bar No. 24122680 Assistant Attorneys General General Litigation Division P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711 (210) 270-1118 – Phone (512) 320-0667 – Fax alyssa.bixby-lawson@oag.texas.gov REED S. ARROYO Attorney in Charge Texas Bar No. 24143565 Assistant Attorney General General Litigation Division Office of the Attorney General P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Phone: (210) 270-1118 Fax: (512) 320-0667 Reed.Arroyo@oag.texas.gov
Counsel for Appellee
CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
On April 23, 2025, the undersigned conferred with lead counsel for Appellee, who stated they are unopposed to the relief requested.
/s/ Alyssa Bixby-Lawson ALYSSA BIXBY-LAWSON
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that on April 24, 2025, a true and correct copy of this document was served via the court’s e-service system on the following counsel of record:
Tracia Y. Lee Tracia.Lee@keanmiller.com Laurel M. Smith Laurel.Smith@keanmiller.com Pennzoil South Tower 711 Louisiana Street, Suite 1800 Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 844-3000 e-serve@keanmiller.com
Counsel for Appellee
/s/ Alyssa Bixby-Lawson
ALYSSA BIXBY-LAWSON Assistant Attorney General
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.
Alyssa Bixby-Lawson on behalf of Alyssa Bixby-Lawson Bar No. 24122680 alyssa.bixby-lawson@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 100036416 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Appellee's Brief Status as of 4/24/2025 11:55 AM CST
Associated Case Party: Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Jonathan Petix 24027728 jonathan.petix@hhs.texas.gov 4/24/2025 10:49:00 AM SENT
Alyssa Bixby-Lawson 24122680 alyssa.bixby-lawson@oag.texas.gov 4/24/2025 10:49:00 AM SENT
Victoria Gomez victoria.gomez@oag.texas.gov 4/24/2025 10:49:00 AM SENT
Associated Case Party: Candice Jeffcoat
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Tracia Lee e-serve@keanmiller.com 4/24/2025 10:49:00 AM SENT
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