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
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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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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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