State of Texas v. Arity 875, LLC

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-25-00082-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 5/23/2025 4:28 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE No. 15-25-00082-CV CLERK FILED IN In the Court of Appeals 15th AUSTIN, COURT OF APPEALS TEXAS for the Fifteenth Judicial District5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Austin, Texas Clerk

State of Texas, Appellant, v. ARITY 875, LLC Appellee.

On Appeal from the 457th Judicial District Court, Montgomery County Trial Court Cause No. 25-01-00561

APPELLANT’S UNOPPOSED FIRST MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS: Appellant, State of Texas, (“Appellant”) pursuant to Rule 10.5(b) and 38.6(d)

of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure files this unopposed first motion to extend

time to file Appellant’s brief on the merits by 20 days. Appellant respectfully shows

the Court the following:

1. Appellant’s brief is currently due on June 5, 2025.

2. This is the first request for extension. 3. The undersigned conferred with Appellee’s counsel regarding this motion via

email on May 20, 2025, and Appellee confirmed on May 23, 2025, it is

unopposed. 4. Appellant asks for this extension to fully prepare its brief.

a. Appellant timely filed its Notice of Appeal on April 30, 2025, in the

457th District Court of Montgomery County.

b. This Court received the trial court’s clerk’s record on May 12, 2025.

c. The district clerk re-filed the record on May 14, 2025, due to readability

and formatting errors.

d. On May 16, 2025, this Court was notified that no reporter’s record

would be filed.

e. On May 22, 2024, Appellant submitted a letter to the Court addressing

ongoing readability and formatting issues with the clerk’s record. Appellant is currently in the process resolving these issues to ensure the

record is legible for the Court.

f. This request for an extension of time is not made for the purpose of

delay, but to permit Appellant time to adequately prepare and submit a

thorough brief that is helpful to the Court; no party will be prejudiced

if it is granted.

PRAYER

For these reasons, Appellant respectfully requests that its deadline to file

Appellant’s brief be extended by 20 days to June 25, 2025, and for all other relief to

which Appellant may be justly entitled.

2 Dated: May 23, 2025 Respectfully submitted,

KEN PAXTON /s/ Rick Berlin Attorney General of Texas RICK BERLIN (TX Bar No. 24055161) RICHARD MCCUTCHEON (TX Bar No. BRENT WEBSTER 24139547) First Assistant Attorney General MADELINE FOGEL (TX Bar No. 24141985) RALPH MOLINA DANIEL ZWART (TX Bar No. Deputy First Assistant Attorney General 24070906) KAYLIE BUETTNER (TX Bar No. AUSTIN KINGHORN 24109082) Deputy Attorney General for Civil MEREDITH SPILLANE (TX Bar No. Litigation 24131685) Assistant Attorneys General JOHNATHAN STONE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Chief, Consumer Protection Division Consumer Protection Division 808 Travis Street, Suite 1520 Houston, Texas 77002 Tel: (713) 223-5886 Fax: (713) 223-5821 Rick.Berlin@oag.texas.gov Richard.McCutcheon@oag.texas.gov Madeline.Fogel@oag.texas.gov Daniel.Zwart@oag.texas.gov Kaylie.Buettner@oag.texas.gov Meredith.Spillane@oag.texas.gov

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT, THE STATE OF TEXAS

3 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE As required by Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 10.1(a)(5), I certify that I

have conferred with Kelsey Harclerode, attorney for Appellee Arity 875, LLC, who

indicated that this motion is unopposed.

/s/ Rick Berlin RICK BERLIN

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on May 23, 2025, the foregoing was electronically served, via the Court’s electronic filing system, on all defendants, by and through their attorneys:

W. Reid Wittliff Jake Sommer WITTLIFF CUTTER PLLC Kelsey Harclerode 510 Baylor St. ZWILLGEN PLLC Austin, TX 78703 1900 M Street NW, Suite 250 Tel: (512) 960-4866 Washington, D.C. 20036 Email: reid@wittliffcutter.com Tel: (202) 296-3585 Email: jake@zwillgen.com kelsey@zwillgen.com

Sudhir V. Rao ` ZWILLGEN PLLC 183 Madison Ave., Suite 1504 New York, NY 10016 Tel: (646) 362-5590 Email: sudhir.rao@zwillgen.com

Attorneys for Defendants

/s/ Rick Berlin RICK BERLIN

4 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.

Zoann Willis on behalf of Richard Berlin Bar No. 24055161 zoann.willis@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 101230726 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: 20250523 Motion to Extend Time FINAL Status as of 5/23/2025 4:33 PM CST

Associated Case Party: State of Texas

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Rick Berlin Rick.Berlin@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT

Daniel Zwart Daniel.Zwart@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT

Kaylie Buettner Kaylie.Buettner@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT

Zoann Willis zoann.willis@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT

Meredith Spillane Meredith.Spillane@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT

Zeilic Contreras Zeilic.Contreras@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT

Carlos Fernandez Carlos.Fernandez@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT

Madeline Fogel madeline.fogel@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT

Richard RMcCutcheon richard.mccutcheon@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT

Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Jonathan Hung johung@winston.com 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT

Eric Shinabarger EShinabarger@winston.com 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT

W. Reid Wittliff reid@wittliffcutter.com 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT

Jake Sommer jake@zwillgen.com 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT

Kelsey Harclerode kelsey@zwillgen.com 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT

Sudhir V. Rao sudhir.rao@zwillgen.com 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT

Sean Wieber swieber@winston.com 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT

Kevin Simpson kpsimpson@winston.com 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT