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Richard M. Young, Jr. A/K/A Richard Young v. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, John Silovsky as Wildlife Division Director of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and the State of Texas

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided February 4, 2025·No. 15-24-00052-CV·Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-24-00052-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 2/4/2025 3:57 PM No. 15-24-00052-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK IN THE FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS, AUSTIN, TEXAS FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 2/4/2025 3:57:04 PM Richard M. YOUNG, Jr. a/k/a Richard Young, CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk Appellant

vs. TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT, et al., Appellees.

TRANSFERRED FROM THE FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS HONORABLE BETH WATKINS, PRESIDING CAUSE NO. 04-24-00441-CV

ON APPEAL FROM THE 216TH DISTRICT COURT, GILLESPIE COUNTY, TEXAS HONORABLE ALBERTO D. PATTILLO, III, PRESIDING CAUSE NO. 24-17777

NOTICE OF NONREPRESENTATION OF COUNSEL FOR APPELLEES TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, JOHN SILOVSKY, AND THE STATE OF TEXAS

TO THE HONORABLE FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS:

Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.4(c), the Court and counsel

are hereby notified that the following non-lead counsel, Heather Coffee, will no

longer represent the Appellees Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (Parks), John Silovsky, and the State of Texas. Counsel Heather Coffee will no longer be with the

Office of the Attorney General. This change is neither intended to cause nor expected

to result in any delay of the proceedings.

The following counsel will continue as lead counsel:

Ian Lancaster State Bar No. 24097964 Assistant Attorney General Environmental Protection Division Office of the Attorney General P.O. Box 12548, MC 066 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Tel: (512) 475-4003 Fax: (512) 320-0911 Ian.Lancaster@oag.texas.gov

Per the instructions provided in the Court’s September 3, 2024 transfer

notification, Appellees further note the contact information below for H. Carl Myers,

who will remain as additional counsel:

H. Carl Myers State Bar No. 24046502 Assistant Attorney General Carl.Myers@oag.texas.gov

Respectfully submitted,

KEN PAXTON Attorney general of Texas

BRENT WEBSTER First Assistant Attorney General

2 RALPH MOLINA Deputy First Assistant Attorney General

JAMES LLOYD Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation

KELLIE E. BILLINGS-RAY Chief, Environmental Protection Division

IAN LANCASTER Assistant Attorney General State Bar No. 24097964 Ian.Lancaster@oag.texas.gov

__/s/ Heather Coffee_____________ HEATHER COFFEE Assistant Attorney General State Bar No. 24138102 Heather.Coffee@oag.texas.gov

IAN LANCASTER Assistant Attorney General State Bar No. 24097964 Ian.Lancaster@oag.texas.gov

H. CARL MYERS Assistant Attorney General State Bar No. 24046502 Carl.Myers@oag.texas.gov

Environmental Protection Division Office of the Attorney General P.O. Box 12548, MC 066 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Phone: (512) 463-2012 Fax: (512) 320-0911

COUNSEL FOR APPELLEES

3 TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, JOHN SILOVSKY, AND THE STATE OF TEXAS

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that the foregoing Notice of Nonrepresentation of Counsel was served on the following counsel of record by e-service on February 4, 2025.

C. DIXON MOSTY RICHARD C. MOSTY MOSTY LAW FIRM 222 Sidney Baker St., Ste. 400 Kerrville, Texas 78028 Phone: (830) 792-7711 Fax: (830) 792-7717 Cdmosty@mostylaw.com Rmosty@mostylaw.com

JENNIFER S. RIGGS RIGGS & RAY, P.C. 3307 Northland Dr. Austin, Texas 78731 Phone: (512) 457-9806 Fax: (512) 457-9066 Jriggs@r-alaw.com

KIMBERLY S. KELLER KELLER STOLARCZYK, PLLC 215 W. Bandera Rd. #114/PMB 800 Boerne, Texas 78006 Phone: (830) 981-5000 Fax: (888) 293-8580 Kim@kellsto.com

CLAYTON C. UTKOV State Bar No. 24028180 ANDREWS MYERS, P.C. 919 Congress Ave., Suite 1050

4 Austin, Texas 78701 Phone: (512) 900-3012 Fax: (512) 900-3082 Cutkov@andrewsmyers.com APPELLANT’S COUNSEL

KAREN L. WATKINS Assistant Attorney General Administrative Law Division Office of the Attorney General P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711 Phone: (512) 475-4300 Fax: (512) 320-0167 Karen.Watkins@oag.texas.gov

COUNSEL FOR TEXAS ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSION

___/s/ Heather Coffee_____________ HEATHER COFFEE

5 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.

James McCarley on behalf of Heather Coffee Bar No. 24138102 scott.mccarley@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 96979408 Filing Code Description: Other Document Filing Description: State's Notice of Nonrepresentation of Counsel Status as of 2/4/2025 4:02 PM CST

Associated Case Party: State Of Texas

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Kellie E.Billings-Ray Kellie.Billings-Ray@oag.texas.gov 2/4/2025 3:57:04 PM SENT

Ian Lancaster ian.lancaster@oag.texas.gov 2/4/2025 3:57:04 PM SENT

Laura Courtney laura.courtney@oag.texas.gov 2/4/2025 3:57:04 PM SENT

H. CarlMyers Carl.Myers@oag.texas.gov 2/4/2025 3:57:04 PM SENT

Heather Coffee heather.coffee@oag.texas.gov 2/4/2025 3:57:04 PM SENT

James ScottMcCarley scott.mccarley@oag.texas.gov 2/4/2025 3:57:04 PM SENT

Associated Case Party: Maurice E. "Pete" Moore, III, d/b/a Cypress Ranches

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Kevin Dubose kdubose@adjtlaw.com 2/4/2025 3:57:04 PM SENT

James T.Drakeley jdrakeley@spencerfane.com 2/4/2025 3:57:04 PM SENT

Latonya McPherson lmcpherson@adjtlaw.com 2/4/2025 3:57:04 PM SENT

Paul W.Green pgreen@adjtlaw.com 2/4/2025 3:57:04 PM SENT

Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Karen LWatkins karen.watkins@oag.texas.gov 2/4/2025 3:57:04 PM SENT

C DixonMosty cdmosty@mostylaw.com 2/4/2025 3:57:04 PM SENT

Richard Mosty rmosty@mostylaw.com 2/4/2025 3:57:04 PM SENT

Jennifer SRiggs jriggs@r-alaw.com 2/4/2025 3:57:04 PM SENT

Kimberly SKeller kim@kellsto.com 2/4/2025 3:57:04 PM SENT 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.

James McCarley on behalf of Heather Coffee Bar No. 24138102 scott.mccarley@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 96979408 Filing Code Description: Other Document Filing Description: State's Notice of Nonrepresentation of Counsel Status as of 2/4/2025 4:02 PM CST

Case Contacts

Kimberly SKeller kim@kellsto.com 2/4/2025 3:57:04 PM SENT

Clayton CUtkov cutkov@andrewsmyers.com 2/4/2025 3:57:04 PM SENT

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