Ken Paxton, in His Official Capacity as Texas Attorney General, and the State of Texas v. Fiel Houston, Inc.

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-24-00110-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 4/8/2025 2:09 PM No. 15-24-00110-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT AUSTIN, TEXAS AUSTIN, TEXAS 4/8/2025 2:09:17 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk KEN PAXTON, in his official capacity as Attorney General of Texas, and State of Texas,

Appellants,

v.

FIEL Houston, Inc.

Appellee.

On Appeal from the 127th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas Cause No. 2024-43394, Hon. Ravi K. Sandill

APPELLEE’S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO WITHDRAW FATIMA L. MENENDEZ AS COUNSEL IN THE CASE

Appellee FIEL Houston, Inc. (“Appellee FIEL”) respectfully submits this

unopposed Motion to withdraw Ms. Fátima L. Menéndez as counsel in this case. Ms.

Menéndez ended her employment with the Mexican American Legal Defense and

Educational Fund (MALDEF) on April 1, 2025. At MALDEF, Appellee will

continue to be represented by Nina Perales and Sabrina Rodriguez.

Accordingly, Appellee respectfully requests leave to withdraw Fátima L.

Menéndez as counsel in this case.

1 Dated: April 8, 2025 Respectfully submitted, By: /s/ Fatima L. Menendez Nina Perales State Bar No. 24005046 Fatima L. Menendez State Bar No. 24090260 Sabrina Rodriguez State Bar No. 24119505 Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (MALDEF) 110 Broadway, Suite 300 San Antonio, Texas 78205 Telephone: (210) 224-5476 Facsimile: (210) 224-5382 nperales@maldef.org fmenendez@maldef.org srodriguez@maldef.org

By: /s/ Carlos R. Soltero Carlos R. Soltero Texas State Bar No. 00791702 MAYNARD NEXSEN 2500 Bee Caves Rd., Building 1, Suite 150 Austin, Texas 78746 Telephone (512) 422-1559 Facsimile (512) 359-7996 csoltero@maynardnexsen.com

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT- APPELLEE FIEL HOUSTON, INC.

2 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

I hereby certify that, on March 31, 2025 counsel for Appellee FIEL Houston,

Inc., conferred with Appellants’ counsel regarding the instant motion. Counsel for

Appellants indicated that they do not oppose the motion.

_/s/ Fatima L. Menendez Fatima L. Menendez Attorney for Appellee FIEL Houston, Inc.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that a true and correct copy of this document was filed and served

via the Court’s electronic filing system to all counsel of record on April 8, 2025.

_/s/ Fatima L. Menendez Fatima L. Menendez Attorney for Appellee FIEL Houston, Inc.

3 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.

Carmen Leija on behalf of Fatima Menendez Bar No. 24090260 cleija@maldef.org Envelope ID: 99415773 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: APPELLEE???S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO WITHDRAW FATIMA L. MENENDEZ Status as of 4/8/2025 2:14 PM CST

Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Pauline Sisson pauline.sisson@oag.texas.gov 4/8/2025 2:09:17 PM SENT

Scott Froman scott.froman@oag.texas.gov 4/8/2025 2:09:17 PM SENT

Ryan Baasch ryan.baasch@oag.texas.gov 4/8/2025 2:09:17 PM SENT

Abby Smith abby.smith@oag.texas.gov 4/8/2025 2:09:17 PM SENT

Matthew T.Kennedy matt.kennedy@oag.texas.gov 4/8/2025 2:09:17 PM SENT

Isabel Pina ipina@maldef.org 4/8/2025 2:09:17 PM SENT

Nina Perales nperales@maldef.org 4/8/2025 2:09:17 PM SENT

Sabrina Rodriguez srodriguez@maldef.org 4/8/2025 2:09:17 PM SENT

Carlos Soltero csoltero@maynardnexsen.com 4/8/2025 2:09:17 PM SENT

Carmen Leija cleija@maldef.org 4/8/2025 2:09:17 PM SENT

Fatima L.Menendez fmenendez@maldef.org 4/8/2025 2:09:17 PM SENT

Emily Samuels emily.samuels@oag.texas.gov 4/8/2025 2:09:17 PM SENT

Melinda Pate melinda.pate@oag.texas.gov 4/8/2025 2:09:17 PM SENT