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 8/29/2025 12:17 PM No. 15-24-00110-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE15th COURT FILED IN OF APPEALS FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT AUSTIN, TEXAS AUSTIN, TEXAS 8/29/2025 12:17:52 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 SABRINA J. RODRÍGUEZ AS COUNSEL IN THE CASE

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

unopposed Motion to withdraw Ms. Sabrina J. Rodríguez as counsel in this case.

Ms. Rodríguez will end her employment with the Mexican American Legal Defense

and Educational Fund (MALDEF) on August 29, 2025. At MALDEF, Appellee will

continue to be represented by Nina Perales.

Accordingly, Appellee respectfully requests leave to withdraw Sabrina J.

Rodríguez as counsel in this case.

1 Dated: August 29, 2025 Respectfully submitted, By: /s/ Sabrina J. Rodríguez Nina Perales State Bar No. 24005046 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 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 August 28, 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/ Sabrina J. Rodríguez Sabrina J. Rodríguez 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 August 29, 2025.

_/s/ Sabrina J. Rodríguez Sabrina J. Rodríguez 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.

Envelope ID: 105023462 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: MOTION TO WITHDRAW COUNSEL SABRINA J. RODRIGUEZ Status as of 8/29/2025 12:31 PM CST

Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Pauline Sisson pauline.sisson@oag.texas.gov 8/29/2025 12:17:52 PM SENT

Scott Froman scott.froman@oag.texas.gov 8/29/2025 12:17:52 PM SENT

Max Mendel mmendel@maynardnexsen.com 8/29/2025 12:17:52 PM SENT

Abby Smith abby.smith@oag.texas.gov 8/29/2025 12:17:52 PM SENT

Lauren Feldott lfeldott@maynardnexsen.com 8/29/2025 12:17:52 PM SENT

Isabel Pina ipina@maldef.org 8/29/2025 12:17:52 PM SENT

Nina Perales nperales@maldef.org 8/29/2025 12:17:52 PM SENT

Sabrina Rodriguez srodriguez@maldef.org 8/29/2025 12:17:52 PM SENT

Carlos Soltero csoltero@maynardnexsen.com 8/29/2025 12:17:52 PM SENT

Carmen Leija cleija@maldef.org 8/29/2025 12:17:52 PM SENT

Emily Samuels emily.samuels@oag.texas.gov 8/29/2025 12:17:52 PM SENT

Melinda Pate melinda.pate@oag.texas.gov 8/29/2025 12:17:52 PM SENT