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Jamie Smith, in His Official Capacity as District Clerk of Jefferson County, Texas v. Megan Lavoie, in Her Official Capacity as Administrative Director Texas Office of Court Administration

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided May 1, 2025·No. 15-25-00015-CV·Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED

15-25-00015-CV

FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 5/1/2025 3:32 PM

No. 15-25-00015-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK

In the Fifteenth Court of Appeals FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS

Austin, Texas AUSTIN, TEXAS 5/1/2025 3:32:50 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE

Clerk

JAMIE SMITH, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DISTRICT CLERK OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS,

Appellant,

V.

MEGAN LAVOIE, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR TEXAS OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION,

Appellee

On Appeal from the 455th Judicial District Court Travis County, Texas

UNOPPOSED FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF OF INTERESTED PARTY

TO THE CLERK OF THIS COURT AND ALL PARTIES OF RECORD:

Pursuant to Rules 10.5 and 64.5 of the Texas Rules of Appellate

Procedure, Interested Party, Courthouse News Service (“CNS”) files this

Unopposed First Motion of Extension of Time to File its Brief, and

respectfully shows the Court as follows:

1. The current deadline for CNS’s response is May 30, 2025.

CNS requests an extension of time to file its response brief as CNS’s lead

counsel will be out of the country on a previously scheduled vacation from

May 19-31, 2025.

2. CNS requests that the deadline for filing its Brief be extended

by thirty (30) days to Monday, June 30, 2025. This is CNS’s first request

for an extension on its response brief and is not sought for the purpose of

delay.

WHEREFORE, Interested Party Courthouse News Service

respectfully prays that the Court extend the deadline to file its response

brief to June 30, 2025 and grant CNS such other and further relief to

which it is entitled.

Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Matt Dow

Matt Dow State Bar No. 06066500 mdow@jw.com Peter C. Hansen State Bar No. 24066668 phansen@jw.com Cody Lee Vaughn State Bar No. 24115897 cvaughn@jw.com JACKSON WALKER LLP 100 Congress Ave., Suite 1100 Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 236-2000

COUNSEL FOR INTERESTED PARTY COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on May 1, 2025, a true and correct copy of the foregoing document was served via FileTime e-filing system on all counsel of record.

/s/ Matt Dow Matt Dow

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.

Kristine Porter on behalf of Matt Dow Bar No. 6066500 kporter@jw.com Envelope ID: 100343556 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: Unopposed First Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief of Interested Party Status as of 5/1/2025 4:04 PM CST

Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Peter Hansen phansen@jw.com 5/1/2025 3:32:50 PM SENT

Quentin D.Price Quentin.Price@jeffersoncountytx.gov 5/1/2025 3:32:50 PM SENT

Kristine Porter kporter@jw.com 5/1/2025 3:32:50 PM SENT

Sandra Mott Sandra.Mott@jeffersoncountytx.gov 5/1/2025 3:32:50 PM SENT

Cody Vaughn cvaughn@jw.com 5/1/2025 3:32:50 PM SENT

William Farrell biff.farrell@oag.texas.gov 5/1/2025 3:32:50 PM SENT

Matthew Dow mdow@jw.com 5/1/2025 3:32:50 PM SENT

Nicole Myette nicole.myette@oag.texas.gov 5/1/2025 3:32:50 PM SENT

John Edwards jedwards@jw.com 5/1/2025 3:32:50 PM SENT

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