Ken Paxton, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General for the State of Texas and the Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas v. Delia Garza, in Her Official Capacity as Travis County Attorney; John Creuzot, in His Official Capacity as Dallas County Criminal District Attorney; And Brian Middleton, in His Official Capacity as District Attorney of Fort Bend County (268th Judicial District)
Opinion
ACCEPTED 15-25-00116-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 9/16/2025 3:21 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS William F. Cole (512) 936-2725 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM Principal Deputy Solicitor General William.Cole@oag.texas.gov CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk September 16, 2025 Via eFile
Christopher A. Prine, Clerk Texas Court of Appeals for the Fifteenth Judicial District
Re: No. 15-25-00116-cv, Paxton v. Garza
Dear Mr. Prine:
Per your July 17 correspondence, I write to notify the Court that the undersigned will present argument for Appellants in the above-captioned case, which has been set for oral argument on September 24, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. Appellants respectfully request to reserve five minutes for rebuttal, leaving fifteen minutes for the opening presentation.
Respectfully submitted.
/s/William F. Cole
William F. Cole Principal Deputy Solicitor General
cc: all counsel of record (via e-mail)
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Maria Mendoza-Williamson on behalf of William Cole Bar No. 24124187 maria.williamson@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 105654307 Filing Code Description: Letter Filing Description: 152500116cv_Garza v Paxton OA Acknowledgement_Final Status as of 9/16/2025 3:23 PM CST
Associated Case Party: Harris County
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Christopher Garza 24078543 christopher.garza@harriscountytx.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Jonathan Fombonne 24102702 jonathan.fombonne@harriscountytx.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Tiffany Bingham 24012287 tiffany.bingham@harriscountytx.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Bradely W.Snead snead@wrightclosebarger.com 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Andrea Mintzer andrea.mintzer@harriscountytx.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Andrea Mintzer andrea.mintzer@harriscountytx.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Associated Case Party: JoseP.Garza
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Cynthia Veidt 24028092 cynthia.veidt@traviscountytx.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Christina Sanchez 24062984 christina.sanchez@epcounty.com 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Leslie W.Dippel leslie.dippel@traviscountytx.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Case Contacts
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Maria Williamson maria.williamson@oag.texas.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Nicole A.Myette nicole.myette@oag.texas.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Nancy Villarreal nancy.villarreal@oag.texas.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
William Farrell biff.farrell@oag.texas.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Amanda Ruch amanda.ruch@oag.texas.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Leslie W. Dippel Leslie.Dippel@traviscountytx.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT 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.
Maria Mendoza-Williamson on behalf of William Cole Bar No. 24124187 maria.williamson@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 105654307 Filing Code Description: Letter Filing Description: 152500116cv_Garza v Paxton OA Acknowledgement_Final Status as of 9/16/2025 3:23 PM CST
Case Contacts
Leslie W. Dippel Leslie.Dippel@traviscountytx.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Todd A. Clark Todd.Clark@traviscountytx.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Jonathan G.C. Fombonne Jonathan.Fombonne@harriscountytx.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Tiffany S. Bingham Tiffany.Bingham@harriscountytx.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Christopher Garza Christopher.Garza@harriscountytx.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Justin C. Pfeiffer jpfeiffer@gavrilovlaw.com 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Christina Sanchez Ch.sanchez@epcountytx.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Bernardo Rafael Cruz b.cruz@epcountytx.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
C. RobertHeath bheath@bickerstaff.com 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Joshua Woods woods@wrightclosebarger.com 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Bradley W.Snead snead@wrightclosebarger.com 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Michael Adams-Hurta hurta@wrightclosebarger.com 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Cynthia W.Veidt cynthia.veidt@traviscountytx.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
William H. Farrell bill.farrell@oag.texas.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM ERROR
Cynthia W. Veidt Cyntia.Vedt@traviscountytx.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM ERROR
Randy T. Leavitt randy@randyleavitt.com 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Alexandria Oberman aoberman@milchev.com 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Michael J. Statin mstatin@milchev.com 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM ERROR
Laura G. Ferguson lferguson@milchev.com 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Amy Pollock amy.pollock@traviscountytx.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Associated Case Party: Ken Paxton, in his Official Capacity as Attorney General of Texas 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.
Maria Mendoza-Williamson on behalf of William Cole Bar No. 24124187 maria.williamson@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 105654307 Filing Code Description: Letter Filing Description: 152500116cv_Garza v Paxton OA Acknowledgement_Final Status as of 9/16/2025 3:23 PM CST
Associated Case Party: Ken Paxton, in his Official Capacity as Attorney General of Texas
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
William FCole William.Cole@oag.texas.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Ben Mendelson Ben.Mendelson@oag.texas.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
William H. Farrell H.Farrell bill.farrell@oag.texas.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM ERROR
Eric Abels Eric.Abels@oag.texas.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Jacob Beach Jacob.Beach@oag.texas.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Associated Case Party: Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Cruezot
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Alexandria Oberman aoberman@milchev.com 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Katharine Tafuri ktafuri@milchev.com 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Alexandria Oberman Oberman aoberman@milchev.com 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Michael J.Satin msatin@milchev.com 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Laura G.Ferguson lferguson@milchev.com 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Associated Case Party: Delia Garza
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Leslie W.Dippel leslie.dippel@traviscountytx.gov 9/16/2025 3:21:36 PM SENT
Associated Case Party: El Paso County District Attorney James Montoya 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.
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Ken Paxton, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General for the State of Texas and the Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas v. Delia Garza, in Her Official Capacity as Travis County Attorney; John Creuzot, in His Official Capacity as Dallas County Criminal District Attorney; And Brian Middleton, in His Official Capacity as District Attorney of Fort Bend County (268th Judicial District) (Ken Paxton, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General for the State of Texas and the Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas v. Delia Garza, in Her Official Capacity as Travis County Attorney; John Creuzot, in His Official Capacity as Dallas County Criminal District Attorney; And Brian Middleton, in His Official Capacity as District Attorney of Fort Bend County (268th Judicial District)) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.