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Texas Department of Insurance and Cassie Brown, in Her Capacity as Commissioner of the Texas Department of Insurance v. Texas Land Title Association

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided July 21, 2025·No. 15-25-00107-CV·Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-25-00107-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 7/21/2025 8:56 AM No. 15-25-00107-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK FILED IN In the Fifteenth District Court of Appeals, Austin, TexasOF APPEALS 15th COURT AUSTIN, TEXAS 7/21/2025 8:56:19 AM

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND CASSIE BROWN, CHRISTOPHER IN HERClerk CAPACITY A. PRINE

AS COMMISSIONER OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, Appellants, V.

TEXAS LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION, Appellee.

On Appeal from the 345th District Court of Travis County, Texas The Honorable Daniella DeSeta Lyttle, Presiding

AGREED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE APPELLANTS’ BRIEF

KEN PAXTON ROSALIND L. HUNT Attorney General of Texas State Bar No. 24067108 Assistant Attorney Generals BRENT WEBSTER Administrative Law Division First Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General of Texas P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station RALPH MOLINA Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Deputy First Assistant Attorney Telephone: (512) 475-4166 General Facsimile: (512) 320-0167 AUSTIN KINGHORN Rosalind.Hunt@oag.texas.gov Deputy Attorney General for Civil ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS Litigation TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND COMMISSIONER CASSIE BROWN ERNEST C. GARCIA Chief, Administrative Law Division

AGREED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF

Appellants, the Texas Department of Insurance and Commissioner

Cassie Brown, file this agreed motion to extend time to file Appellants’

brief pursuant to Rule 10.5(b) and Rule 38.6(d) of the Texas Rules of

Appellate Procedure.

A. Current Deadline: Appellants’ brief is due in the Fifteenth

Court of Appeals on July 22, 2025.

B. Length of Extension Sought: Appellants seek a 30-day

extension, thereby extending the deadline to file Appellants’ brief to

August 21, 2025.

C. Facts Explaining the Need for an Extension: Appellee

Texas Land and Title Association asked the Appellants to request a 30-

day extension to facilitate further settlement negotiations between the

parties. Appellants agree that a 30-day extension will aid in the

settlement of the underlying dispute. This extension is not sought to

delay the proceeding, but to resolve the dispute without further litigation.

D. Number of Previous Extensions Granted: None.

PRAYER

Appellant respectfully asks the Court to grant this Motion to

Extend Time to File Appellants’ brief to August 21, 2025.

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

ERNEST C. GARCIA Chief, Administrative Law Division

/s/Rosalind L. Hunt ROSALIND L. HUNT State Bar No. 24067108 Assistant Attorney Generals Administrative Law Division Office of the Attorney General of Texas P.O. Box 12548, Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Telephone: (512) 475-4166 Facsimile: (512) 320-0167 Rosalind.Hunt@oag.texas.gov ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND COMMISSIONER CASSIE BROWN

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

I hereby certify that on July 18, 2025, the undersigned counsel for Appellants conferred with counsel for Appellee and Appellee is not opposed to the filing of this motion.

/s/ Rosalind L. Hunt______________ ROSALIND L. HUNT ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANTS

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document has been served the attorneys of record via e-service and/or electronic transmission on July 21, 2025.

/s/ Rosalind L. Hunt_____________ ROSALIND L. HUNT ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANTS

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.

Jennifer Foster on behalf of Rosalind Hunt Bar No. 24067108 jennifer.foster@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 103358952 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: TLTAs Motion for Extension of Time Status as of 7/21/2025 9:07 AM CST

Associated Case Party: Texas Land Title Association

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Kim McBride kmcbride@mcginnislaw.com 7/21/2025 8:56:19 AM SENT

Ray Chester rchester@mcginnislaw.com 7/21/2025 8:56:19 AM SENT

Drew Edge aedge@mcginnislaw.com 7/21/2025 8:56:19 AM SENT

Associated Case Party: Texas Department of Insurance

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Rosalind Hunt rosalind.hunt@oag.texas.gov 7/21/2025 8:56:19 AM SENT

Jennifer Foster Jennifer.Foster@oag.texas.gov 7/21/2025 8:56:19 AM SENT

Meridith Fischer Meridith.Fischer@oag.texas.gov 7/21/2025 8:56:19 AM SENT

John Grey John.Grey@oag.texas.gov 7/21/2025 8:56:19 AM SENT

James Brazell James.Brazell@oag.texas.gov 7/21/2025 8:56:19 AM SENT

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