State of Texas v. Arity 875, LLC

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-25-00082-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 7/1/2025 5:26 PM No. 15-25-00082-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK

In the Court of Appeals 15th COURTFILED IN OF APPEALS For the Fifteenth Judicial District AUSTIN, TEXAS 7/1/2025 5:26:33 PM Austin, Texas CHRISTOPHER Clerk A. PRINE _________

STATE OF TEXAS APPELLANT, V.

ARITY 875, LLC, APPELLEE. _________

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

APPELLEE’S UNOPPOSED FIRST MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE APPELLEE’S BRIEF _________

TO THE HONORABLE FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS:

Appellee, Arity 875, LLC (“Appellee”), pursuant to Rule 10.5(b) and 38.6(b),

(d) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, files this unopposed first motion to

extend the time to file Appellee’s brief in the above-captioned appeal by 20 days.

Appellee respectfully shows the Court the following:

1. Appellee’s brief is currently due on July 15, 2025, as Appellant filed its

opening brief on June 25, 2025. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(b).

2. This is Appellee’s first request for an extension. 3. On May 27, 2025, this Court granted Appellant’s unopposed motion to extend

by 20 days the time to file Appellant’s opening brief.

4. Counsel for Appellee conferred with Appellant’s counsel regarding this

motion via email on July 1, 2025, and Appellant’s counsel confirmed on the

same date that the motion is unopposed.

5. Appellee requests this extension to fully prepare its brief. This request is not

made for the purpose of delay but to permit Appellee time to adequately

prepare and submit a thorough brief that aids the Court; no party will be

prejudiced if the motion is granted.

PRAYER

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

brief in the above-captioned appeal be extended by 20 days, through and including

August 4, 2025, and requests all other relief to which Appellee may be justly entitled.

2 Dated: July 1, 2025 Respectfully submitted,

/s/ W. Reid Wittliff W. Reid Wittliff State Bar No. 00791951 reid@wittliffcutter.com Wittliff | Cutter PLLC 510 Baylor St. Austin, Texas 78703 Telephone: (512) 960-4866 Facsimile: (512) 960-4869

Jake Sommer Kelsey Harclerode ZwillGen PLLC 1900 M Street NW, Suite 250 Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: (202) 296-3585 jake@zwillgen.com kelsey@zwillgen.com

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

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE

3 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

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

have conferred with Richard McCutcheon, attorney for Appellant, who indicated

that this motion is unopposed.

/s/ Sudhir V. Rao Sudhir V. Rao

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on July 1, 2025, the foregoing was electronically served, via the

Court’s electronic filing system, on Appellant, by and through their attorneys:

KEN PAXTON RICK BERLIN (TX Bar No. Attorney General of Texas 24055161) RICHARD MCCUTCHEON (TX Bar BRENT WEBSTER No. 24139547) First Assistant Attorney General MADELINE FOGEL (TX Bar No. 24141985) RALPH MOLINA DANIEL ZWART (TX Bar No. Deputy First Assistant Attorney 24070906) General KAYLIE BUETTNER (TX Bar No. 24109082) AUSTIN KINGHORN MEREDITH SPILLANE (TX Bar No. Deputy Attorney General for Civil 24131685) Litigation Assistant Attorneys General OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY JOHNATHAN STONE 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

4 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

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.

William Wittliff on behalf of William Wittliff Bar No. 00791951 reid@wittliffcutter.com Envelope ID: 102667100 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: Appellee's Unopposed First Motion to Extend Time to File Appellees Brief Status as of 7/2/2025 7:02 AM CST

Associated Case Party: State of Texas

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Rick Berlin Rick.Berlin@oag.texas.gov 7/1/2025 5:26:33 PM SENT

Daniel Zwart Daniel.Zwart@oag.texas.gov 7/1/2025 5:26:33 PM SENT

Kaylie Buettner Kaylie.Buettner@oag.texas.gov 7/1/2025 5:26:33 PM SENT

Zoann Willis zoann.willis@oag.texas.gov 7/1/2025 5:26:33 PM SENT

Meredith Spillane Meredith.Spillane@oag.texas.gov 7/1/2025 5:26:33 PM SENT

Zeilic Contreras Zeilic.Contreras@oag.texas.gov 7/1/2025 5:26:33 PM SENT

Carlos Fernandez Carlos.Fernandez@oag.texas.gov 7/1/2025 5:26:33 PM SENT

Madeline Fogel madeline.fogel@oag.texas.gov 7/1/2025 5:26:33 PM SENT

Richard RMcCutcheon richard.mccutcheon@oag.texas.gov 7/1/2025 5:26:33 PM SENT

Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Jonathan Hung johung@winston.com 7/1/2025 5:26:33 PM SENT

Eric Shinabarger EShinabarger@winston.com 7/1/2025 5:26:33 PM SENT

W. Reid Wittliff reid@wittliffcutter.com 7/1/2025 5:26:33 PM SENT

Jake Sommer jake@zwillgen.com 7/1/2025 5:26:33 PM SENT

Kelsey Harclerode kelsey@zwillgen.com 7/1/2025 5:26:33 PM SENT

Sudhir V. Rao sudhir.rao@zwillgen.com 7/1/2025 5:26:33 PM SENT

Sean Wieber swieber@winston.com 7/1/2025 5:26:33 PM SENT

Kevin Simpson kpsimpson@winston.com 7/1/2025 5:26:33 PM SENT