The State of Texas v. City of Austin; Kirk Preston Watson, Mayor of Austin; Paige Ellis, Mayor Pro Tern of Austin; Natasha Harper-Madison, Vanessa Fuentes, Jose Velasquez, Jose "Chito" Vela, Ryan Alter, MacKenzie Kelly, Leslie Pool, Zohaib "Zo" Qadri, and Alison Alter, Members of the City Council of Austin; Jesus Garza, Interim City Manager of Austin; And Robin Henderson, Interim Chief of Police of Austin; In Their Official Capacities

CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas
DecidedDecember 17, 2024
Docket15-24-00077-CV
StatusPublished

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ACCEPTED 15-24-00077-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 12/17/2024 11:16 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE No. 15-24-00077-CV CLERK FILED IN In the Court of Appeals 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS

for the Fifteenth Judicial District 12/17/2024 11:16:00 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE

Austin, Texas Clerk

The State of Texas, Appellant, v. The City of Austin; Kirk Preston Watson, Mayor of Austin; Paige Ellis, Mayor Pro Tem of Austin; Natasha Harper-Madison, Vanessa Fuentes, Jose Velasquez, Jose “Chito” Vela, Ryan Alter, Mackenzie Kelly, Leslie Pool, Zohaib “Zo” Qadri, and Alison Alter, Members of the City Council of Austin; T.C. Broadnax, City Manager of Austin; and Lisa Davis, Chief of Police of Austin; in their Official Capacities, Appellees.

On Appeal from the 419th Judicial District Court, Travis County

UNOPPOSED MOTION TO RESET ORAL ARGUMENT

Pursuant to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 10.5(c), the State of Texas

moves to reset the oral argument in this appeal from January 15, 2025, to a later

submission date.

I.

The Court has set this appeal for submission and oral argument on Wednesday,

January 15, 2025, at 9:00 A.M. II.

Lead counsel for the State, Cory Scanlon, is scheduled to appear before the

Texas Supreme Court and present oral argument on behalf of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts in In re Carlson, No. 24-0081, the following day, January 16, 2025.

III.

To ameliorate the hardship presented by having the arguments scheduled on consecutive days, the State respectfully requests that this Court reset this appeal for

oral argument on a later submission date. See Tex. R. App. P. 10.5(c).

IV. Appellees do not oppose this request.

2 Prayer The State of Texas respectfully requests that the Court grant this motion and

reset this appeal for submission and oral argument on a later submission date.

Respectfully submitted. Ken Paxton Attorney General of Texas Aaron L. Nielson Solicitor General Brent Webster First Assistant Attorney General /s/ Cory A. Scanlon Cory A. Scanlon Office of the Attorney General Assistant Solicitor General P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059) State Bar No. 24104599 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Cory.Scanlon@oag.texas.gov Tel.: (512) 936-1700 Fax: (512) 474-2697 Counsel for the State of Texas

Certificate of Conference I conferred with Hannah Vahl, lead counsel for Appellees, regarding this

motion. She advised that the motion is unopposed.

/s/ Cory A. Scanlon Cory A. Scanlon

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Nancy Villarreal on behalf of Cory Scanlon Bar No. 24104599 nancy.villarreal@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 95397256 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: 2024 1217 Mot postpone argument_Final Status as of 12/17/2024 11:20 AM CST

Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Briana Nicholson briana.nicholson@austintexas.gov 12/17/2024 11:16:00 AM SENT

Anne Morgan 14432400 morgananne62@aol.com 12/17/2024 11:16:00 AM SENT

Meghan Riley 24049373 meghan.riley@austintexas.gov 12/17/2024 11:16:00 AM SENT

Sara Schaefer 24086598 sara.schaefer@austintexas.gov 12/17/2024 11:16:00 AM SENT

Brandon Mickle 24123140 Brandon.mickle@austintexas.gov 12/17/2024 11:16:00 AM SENT

Hannah Vahl hannah.vahl@austintexas.gov 12/17/2024 11:16:00 AM SENT

Jessica Martinez jessica.martinez4@austintexas.gov 12/17/2024 11:16:00 AM SENT

Associated Case Party: The State of Texas

Nancy Villarreal nancy.villarreal@oag.texas.gov 12/17/2024 11:16:00 AM SENT

Cory Scanlon cory.scanlon@oag.texas.gov 12/17/2024 11:16:00 AM SENT

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