Reginald Trainer, Efrain Avendano, Paul Hulin and Herman Levingston v. City of Port Arthur

Opinion

ACCEPTED 09-15-00372-CV NINTH COURT OF APPEALS BEAUMONT, TEXAS 9/17/2015 3:34:40 PM CAROL ANNE HARLEY CLERK

NO. 09-15-00372-CV __________________________________________________________________ FILED IN 9th COURT OF APPEALS IN THE BEAUMONT, TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS 9/17/2015 3:34:40 PM NINTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CAROL ANNE HARLEY BEAUMONT, TEXAS Clerk _________________________________________________________________

REGINALD TRAINER, EFRAIN AVENDANO, PAUL HULIN AND FILED IN HERMAN LEVINGSTON, 9th COURT OF APPEALS BEAUMONT, TEXAS Appellant 9/17/2015 3:34:40 PM V. CAROL ANNE HARLEY Clerk CITY OF PORT ARTHUR,

Appellee __________________________________________________________________

On Appeal from the 172nd Judicial District Court of Jefferson County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. E-194,887 __________________________________________________________________

APPELLEE’S DESIGNATION OF LEAD APPELLATE COUNSEL AND MEDIATION DOCKETING STATEMENT

TO THE HONORABLE NINTH COURT OF APPEALS:

Pursuant to the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 6.2, Appellee, City of

Port Arthur, gives notice that Eric C. Farrar, State Bar No. 24036549, will serve as

lead appellate counsel in the above captioned cause. Please send all

communications related to this matter to Mr. Farrar’s attention at Wortham Tower,

Suite 600, 2727 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas 77019, efarrar@olsonllp.com. Appellee, City of Port Arthur will also continue to be represented by Scott

Bounds and John Hightower.

Appellee’s Mediation Docketing Statement

This appeal arises out of the trial court’s order granting Appellee’s plea to

the jurisdiction. The trial court agreed with Appellee and ruled that Appellants did

not exhaust their administrative remedies under state law and city ordinances.

Appellee respectfully submits to this Court that this appeal should not be mediated

to the extent an agreement cannot be reached without Appellants’ exhaustion of

administrative remedies afforded to them under state law and city ordinances.

Respectfully submitted,

OLSON & OLSON, L.L.P.

By: /s/ Eric C. Farrar Eric C. Farrar State Bar No. 24036549 Scott Bounds State Bar No. 02706000 sbounds@Olsonllp.com John J. Hightower State Bar No. 09614200 jhightower@Olsonllp.com Wortham Tower, Suite 600 2727 Allen Parkway Houston, Texas 77019 Telephone: (713) 533-3800 Facsimile: (713) 533-3888 ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE

NO. 09-15-00372-CV Appellee’s Designation of Lead Counsel 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on the 17th day of September 2015, a true and correct

copy of the foregoing Appellee’s Notice of Appearance of Appellate Counsel was

served on the counsel for Appellant by:

via e-service

to Langston Scott Adams, Law Offices of Langston Scott Adams, 2931 Park Plaza

Ln, Port Arthur, Texas 77642.

/s/ Eric C. Farrar Eric C. Farrar

NO. 09-15-00372-CV Appellee’s Designation of Lead Counsel 3