The Conservation Society of San Antonio and Lewis Vetter v. University of Texas at San Antonio and City of San Antonio
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FILED 15-25-00043-CV 4/16/2025 10:10 AM Gloria A. Martinez Bexar County District Clerk Accepted By: Maria Jackson Bexar County - 408th District Court
CAUSE NO. 2025-CI-07382 FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF § IN THE DISTRICT COURT AUSTIN, TEXAS SAN ANTONIO and LEWIS VETTER, § 408th 4/16/2025 10:40:18 AM Plaintiffs § CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE § Clerk vs. § 407th JUDICIAL DISTRICT § UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN § ANTONIO and CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, § Defendants § BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS
______________________________________________________________________________ PLAINTIFFS’ NOTICE OF ACCELERATED APPEAL ______________________________________________________________________________
NOW COMES Plaintiffs, THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF SAN ANTONIO
and LEWIS VETTER, and files this Notice of Accelerated Appeal pursuant to Tex. Civ. Prac.
& Rem. Code §51.014(a)(8), and in support thereof shows:
Plaintiffs, The Conservation of Society of San Antonio and Lewis Vetter, desire to
appeal to the Fifteenth Court of Appeals, sitting in Austin, Texas from the Trial Court’s
Judgment granting Defendant’s University of Texas at San Antonio and City of San Antonio’s
Plea to the Jurisdiction attached hereto as Exhibit “A” signed on April 14, 2025, and any other
Orders of the Court, pursuant to the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 25.1. Please take
notice that this is an accelerated appeal. Further, this matter involves a suit brought against a
State institution of higher education and a municipality.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellants, The Conservation of
Society of San Antonio and Lewis Vetter file this Notice of Appeal for purposes of obtaining
Appellate review of the Court’s final order dated April 14, 2025; and any other Orders of the
1 Court and requests the Court and all parties take due notice.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
THE MARTINEZ DE VARA LAW FIRM, PLLC
_____________________________________ ART MARTINEZ DE VARA; TBN: 24060230 martinezdevaralaw@gmail.com CHARLES SIERRA STATE BAR NO. 18345300 charles@sierraspears.com DAVID E. CAMPA, OF COUNSEL STATE BAR NO. 24073991 david@mdv.law P.O. Box 377 Von Ormy, Texas 78073 Tel. (210) 622-0323 Fax (210) 622-4021 -and- ROBERT W. WILSON; TBN 00794868 Email: rww@sanchezwilson.com MARK ANTHONY SÁNCHEZ, ESQ. Texas Bar No. 00795857 mas@sanchezwilson.com SANCHEZ & WILSON, PLLC 6243 IH-10 West, Suite 1025 San Antonio, Texas 78201 Tel. (210) 222-8899 Fax (210) 222-9526 JOINT COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS
2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the 15th day of April, 2025, a true and correct copy of the attached document has been sent via E-Service to all counsel of record, to wit:
Matthew Baumgartner Guillermo A. Alarcon ARMBRUST & BROWN, PLLC 100 Congress Ave., Suite 1300 Austin, TX 78701 Guillermo Alarcon
Donna McElroy Katy Jo Richards DYKEMA GOSSETT, PLLC 112 E. Pecan St., Suite 1800 San Antono, TX 78205 Donna McElroy
/s/ Art Martinez de Vara Art Martinez de Vara
3 EXHIBIT A
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. Terri Gould on behalf of Art Martinez de Vara Bar No. 24060230 mdvlawparalegal@gmail.com Envelope ID: 99729741 Filing Code Description: NOTICE OF APPEAL ACCELERATED Filing Description: Status as of 4/16/2025 10:17 AM CST
Associated Case Party: THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF SAN ANTONIO
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Arturo IMartinez de Vara martinezdevara@gmail.com 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT
Mark Anthony Sanchez mas@sanchezwilson.com 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT
Lysset De Luna ld@sanchezwilson.com 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT Misty Spears misty@sierraspears.com 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT
Terri Gould mdvlawparalegal@gmail.com 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT
Charles Sierra charles@sierraspears.com 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT
Robert W.Wilson rww@sanchezwilson.com 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT
David Campa david@mdv.law 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT
Melinda Carrizales mc@sanchezwilson.com 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT
Case Contacts
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Steve Chiscano 24001882 schiscano@gcaklaw.com 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT
Dykema Docket docketSAT@dykema.com 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT
Carolyn L.Qualls cqualls@dykema.com 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT
Nadeen Abou-Hossa 24115449 nabou-hossa@gcaklaw.com 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT
Ariel Velasquez avelasquez@dykema.com 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT
Katy JoRichards krichards@dykema.com 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT
Associated Case Party: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status 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. Terri Gould on behalf of Art Martinez de Vara Bar No. 24060230 mdvlawparalegal@gmail.com Envelope ID: 99729741 Filing Code Description: NOTICE OF APPEAL ACCELERATED Filing Description: Status as of 4/16/2025 10:17 AM CST
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Miranda RoseSalazar msalazar@gcaklaw.com 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT
Matthew Baumgartner mbaumgartner@abaustin.com 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT
Guillermo Alarcon galarcon@abaustin.com 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT Martha Adams madams@abaustin.com 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT
Steve Chiscano schiscano@gcaklaw.com 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT
Nadeen Abou-Hossa nabou-hossa@gcaklaw.com 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT
Associated Case Party: CITY OF SAN ANTONIO
ANDREW SEGOVIA andy.segovia@sanantonio.gov 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT
Donna McElroy dmcelroy@dykema.com 4/16/2025 10:10:16 AM SENT
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