Office of the Attorney General of the State of Texas; And Warren Kenneth Paxton, Jr., in His Official Capacity as Attorney General v. PFLAG, Inc.

CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas
DecidedApril 17, 2025
Docket15-24-00044-CV
StatusPublished

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ACCEPTED 15-24-00044-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 4/17/2025 4:17 PM No. 15-24-00044-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE __________________________________________________________________ CLERK FILED IN IN THE FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS __________________________________________________________________ 4/17/2025 4:17:30 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Clerk OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, et al., Appellant,

v.

PFLAG, INC. Appellee. __________________________________________________________________

On Appeal from the 261st Judicial District of Travis County, Texas Cause No. D-1-GN-24-001276, Hon. Amy Clark Meachum __________________________________________________________________

JOINT STATUS REPORT __________________________________________________________________

T O THE H ONORABLE F IFTEENTH C OURT OF A PPEALS :

In response to the Court’s letter dated April 7, 2025, the parties submit this

status report. On March 10, 2025, Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a final

judgement on the merits in Cause No. D-1-GN-24-001276 in the 261st Judicial

District of Travis County, Texas, the matter underlying this appeal. In light of that

final judgment, the temporary injunction that is the subject of this appeal has been

dissolved and this appeal is now moot.

The parties jointly request that this appeal be dismissed. Respectfully submitted,

KEN PAXTON Attorney General of Texas

BRENT WEBSTER First Assistant Attorney General

RALPH MOLINA Deputy First Assistant Attorney General

AUSTIN KINGHORN Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation

JOHNATHAN STONE Chief, Consumer Protection Division

/s/ Abigail E. Smith State Bar No. 24141756 Assistant Attorney General Abby.Smith@oag.texas.gov

KATELAND R. JACKSON Assistant Solicitor General

Office of the Attorney General P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 (512) 936-1700 (512) 474-2697 (facsimile)

COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT

2 ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER, LLP LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND, INC. By: /s/ Allissa Pollard Allissa Pollard By: /s/ Paul D. Castillo Texas State Bar No. 24065915 Paul D. Castillo Allissa.Pollard@arnoldporter.com Texas State Bar No. 24049461 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 4000 pcastillo@lambdalegal.org Houston, TX 77002-2755 3500 Oak Lawn Ave, Unit 500 (713) 576-2451 – Phone Dallas, Texas 75219 (713) 576-2499 – Fax Phone: (214) 219-8585

ACLU FOUNDATION OF TEXAS, INC. Counsel for Appellee P.O. Box 8306 Houston, TX 77288 (713) 942-8146 – Phone (713) 942-8966 – Fax

By: /s/ Brian Klosterboer Brian Klosterboer Texas State Bar No. 24107833 bklosterboer@aclutx.org Chloe Kempf Texas State Bar No. 24127325 ckempf@aclutx.org Adriana Pinon Texas State Bar No. 24089768 apinon@aclutx.org

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/s/ Allissa Pollard Allissa Pollard

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Grace Ojionuka on behalf of Allissa Pollard Bar No. 24065915 Grace.Ojionuka@arnoldporter.com Envelope ID: 99818177 Filing Code Description: Other Document Filing Description: JOINT STATUS REPORT Status as of 4/17/2025 4:30 PM CST

Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Allissa Aileen Pollard 24065915 allissa.pollard@arnoldporter.com 4/17/2025 4:17:30 PM SENT

Pauline Sisson pauline.sisson@oag.texas.gov 4/17/2025 4:17:30 PM SENT

David G. Shatto david.shatto@oag.texas.gov 4/17/2025 4:17:30 PM SENT

Zoann Willis zoann.willis@oag.texas.gov 4/17/2025 4:17:30 PM SENT

Abby Smith abby.smith@oag.texas.gov 4/17/2025 4:17:30 PM SENT

Karen L.Lowey kloewy@lambdalegal.org 4/17/2025 4:17:30 PM SENT

Harper Seldin hseldin@aclu.org 4/17/2025 4:17:30 PM SENT

Emily Samuels emily.samuels@oag.texas.gov 4/17/2025 4:17:30 PM SENT

Paul D.Castillo pcastillo@lambdalegal.org 4/17/2025 4:17:30 PM SENT

Matthew T.Kennedy matt.kennedy@oag.texas.gov 4/17/2025 4:17:30 PM ERROR

Brian Klosterboer bklosterboer@aclutx.org 4/17/2025 4:17:30 PM SENT

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