Maria Margarita Rojas, Maternal Maternal and Child Healthcare and Research Center LLC D/B/A Clinica Latinoamericana; Clinicas Latinoamericans; Clinica-Waller Latinoamericana; Clinica-Telge Latinoamericana A/K/A Clinica De La Mujer A/K/A Houston BirthHouse v. State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: June 12, 2025
• Docket: 15-25-00100-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-25-00100-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 6/12/2025 10:38 AM No. 15-25-00100-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK

In the Court of Appeals 15th COURT FILED IN OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS for the Fifteenth Judicial District6/12/2025 10:38:02 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk Maria Margarita Rojas; Maternal and Child Healthcare and Research Center LLC d/b/a Clinica Latinoamericana; Clinicas Latinoamericanas; Clinica-Waller Latinoamericana; Clinica-Telge Latinoamericana a/k/a Clinica de la Mujer a/k/a Houston Birth House; Medical Latinoamericana Spring, Appellants, v. State of Texas, Appellee. On Appeal from the 506th Judicial District Court, Waller County

UNOPPOSED SECOND MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE APPELLEE’S BRIEF

To the Honorable Fifteenth Court of Appeals:

Appellee the State of Texas moves to extend the time to file appellee’s brief

pursuant to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 10.5(b) and 38.6(d).

I.

This case was recently transferred in from the First Court of Appeals.

Appellants filed their brief in this case on May 12, 2025. Appellee’s brief is currently

due June 16, after previously obtaining a 14-day extension. Appellee seeks a second

14-day extension of the due date to June 30, 2025. This is Appellee’s second request

for an extension on this brief, and Appellants do not oppose the extension. II.

This extension is not sought for delay but to accommodate the schedule of

Appellee’s counsel, Jeffrey Stephens and Beth Klusmann, and to provide adequate

time to provide a thorough brief to the Court to address the issues raised in Appellants’ brief. Counsel’s recent and upcoming deadlines include (1) an amicus

brief in South Plains Sno, Inc. v. Eskimo Hut Worldwide, Ltd., No. 24-0353, filed in the

Texas Supreme Court on June 6; (2) an appellants’ brief in Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners v. Youniacutt, No. 15-25-00064-CV, due in the Fifteenth

Court of Appeals on June 18; (3) a request for rehearing in The Heidi Group, Inc. v.

Texas Health & Human Svcs. Comm’n, No. 23-50303, due in the Fifth Circuit on June

25; and (4) a response to an en banc petition in Wetherbe v. Texas Tech University

System, No. 19-11325, due in the Fifth Circuit on July 16.

Moreover, because Mr. Stephens and Ms. Klusmann are new to the case, additional time to review the record and to research and analyze the issues presented

in this appeal will allow for a thorough and helpful brief.

2 Prayer Therefore, Appellee respectfully requests that the Court grant an extension of

time for filing its brief until June 30, 2025.

Respectfully submitted.

Ken Paxton Aaron L. Nielson Attorney General of Texas Solicitor General

Brent Webster William F. Cole First Assistant Attorney General Principal Deputy Solicitor General

/s/ Jeffrey A. Stephens Jeffrey A. Stephens Assistant Solicitor General Office of the Attorney General State Bar No. 24117441 P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) Jeff.Stephens@oag.texas.gov Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Tel.: (512) 936-1700 Beth Klusmann Fax: (512) 474-2697 Assistant Solicitor General

Counsel for Appellee

Certificate of Conference I certify that on June 11, 2025, I conferred by email with Katherine G. Treistman,

lead counsel for Defendant-Appellants, and Appellants do not oppose this motion.

/s/ Jeffrey A. Stephens Jeffrey A. Stephens

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Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Jeffrey Stephens jeff.stephens@oag.texas.gov 6/12/2025 10:38:02 AM SENT

Beth Klusmann beth.klusmann@oag.texas.gov 6/12/2025 10:38:02 AM SENT

Katherine Treistman 796632 Katherine.Treistman@arnoldporter.com 6/12/2025 10:38:02 AM SENT

Abby Lynn Parsons 24094303 abby.parsons@arnoldporter.com 6/12/2025 10:38:02 AM SENT

Leah Schultz 24126910 leah.schultz@arnoldporter.com 6/12/2025 10:38:02 AM SENT

Thomas Hudson 24126650 matt.hudson@arnoldporter.com 6/12/2025 10:38:02 AM SENT

Marc Hearron 24050739 MHearron@reprorights.org 6/12/2025 10:38:02 AM SENT

Jenna Hudson jhudson@reprorights.org 6/12/2025 10:38:02 AM SENT

Amy Hilton 24097834 Amy.Hilton@oag.texas.gov 6/12/2025 10:38:02 AM SENT

Toni Shah toni.shah@oag.texas.gov 6/12/2025 10:38:02 AM SENT

Nancy Villarreal nancy.villarreal@oag.texas.gov 6/12/2025 10:38:02 AM SENT

Melissa Sanchez Melissa.Sanchez@arnoldporter.com 6/12/2025 10:38:02 AM SENT

Catherine Hodges catherine.hodges@aporter.com 6/12/2025 10:38:02 AM SENT

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