Home/Court of Appeals of Texas/The State of Texas v. Nonparty Patient No. 1, Nonparty Patient No. 2, Nonparty Patient No. 3, Nonparty Patient No. 4, Nonparty Patient No. 5, Nonparty Patient No. 6, Nonparty Patient No. 7, and Nonparty Patient No. 8, Nonparty Patient No. 9, Nonparty Patient No. 10, and Nonparty Patient No. 11

The State of Texas v. Nonparty Patient No. 1, Nonparty Patient No. 2, Nonparty Patient No. 3, Nonparty Patient No. 4, Nonparty Patient No. 5, Nonparty Patient No. 6, Nonparty Patient No. 7, and Nonparty Patient No. 8, Nonparty Patient No. 9, Nonparty Patient No. 10, and Nonparty Patient No. 11

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided May 13, 2025·No. 15-25-00023-CV·Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-25-00023-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 5/13/2025 8:53 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 5/13/2025 8:53:55 AM May 13, 2025 CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk

Mr. Christoper A. Prine via E-Filing Clerk of the Court Fifteenth Court of Appeals P. O. Box 12852 Austin, TX 78711

Re: Court of Appeals Numbers: 15-25-00023-CV, 15-25-00031-CV, 15-25-00032-CV, 15-25-00039-CV

Style: Nonparty Patients 1–11 v. State; In re State of Texas; In re State of Texas; Nonparty Patients 1–11 v. State.

Dear Mr. Prine:

I intend to present oral argument on behalf of the State of Texas in all the above captioned appeals. After conferring with opposing counsel, the parties prefer to present consolidated argument in the following manner:

Argument Part One: Argument on the State’s interlocutory appeal and mandamus from Dallas County, case numbers 15-25-00023-CV and 15-25-00039-CV. The parties plan to use 30 minutes of argument time, divided evenly.

Argument Part Two: Argument on the Nonparty Patients’ two mandamuses from Collin County, case numbers 15-25-00031-CV and 15-25-00032-CV. The parties plan to use 30 minutes of argument time, divided evenly.

With regard to argument part one, I respectfully request to reserve five minutes of my 15- minute argument time for rebuttal.

P os t Of fic e Box 12548 , Aust in, Texa s 7 8 7 1 1 - 2 5 4 8 • ( 5 1 2 ) 4 6 3 - 2 1 0 0 • www. texa satto r neyg eneral .gov May 13, 2025 Page 2 Sincerely,

/s/ Abigail E. Smith Abigail E. Smith Assistant Attorney General Consumer Protection Division Phone: (214) 290-8830 Abby.Smith@oag.texas.gov

cc: William M. Logan, via e-service Jervonne D. Newsome, via e-service Evan D. Lewis, via e-service Thanh D. Nguyen, via e-service Olivia A. Wogon, via e-service Jonathan Hung, via e-service Hollie M. Albin, via e-service David Phillips, via e-service 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.

Pauline Sisson on behalf of Abigail Smith Bar No. 24141756 pauline.sisson@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 100749395 Filing Code Description: Letter Filing Description: 20250513 States Ltr to Court re_Oral Argument Status as of 5/13/2025 9:02 AM CST

Associated Case Party: Nonparty Patient No. 1

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

William Logan 24106214 wlogan@winston.com 5/13/2025 8:53:55 AM SENT

Evan Lewis 24116670 edlewis@winston.com 5/13/2025 8:53:55 AM SENT

Jervonne Newsome 24094869 jnewsome@winston.com 5/13/2025 8:53:55 AM SENT

Thanh Nguyen tdnguyen@winston.com 5/13/2025 8:53:55 AM SENT

Olivia Wogon owogon@winston.com 5/13/2025 8:53:55 AM SENT

Jonathan Hung JOHung@winston.com 5/13/2025 8:53:55 AM SENT

Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Pauline Sisson pauline.sisson@oag.texas.gov 5/13/2025 8:53:55 AM SENT

David Phillips DPhillips@winston.com 5/13/2025 8:53:55 AM SENT

Emily Samuels emily.samuels@oag.texas.gov 5/13/2025 8:53:55 AM SENT

Melinda Pate melinda.pate@oag.texas.gov 5/13/2025 8:53:55 AM SENT

Jamie Vargo JVargo@winston.com 5/13/2025 8:53:55 AM SENT

Houston Docket ecf_houston@winston.com 5/13/2025 8:53:55 AM SENT

Hollie Albin hmalbin@winston.com 5/13/2025 8:53:55 AM SENT

Associated Case Party: State of Texas

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

David G. Shatto david.shatto@oag.texas.gov 5/13/2025 8:53:55 AM SENT

Rob Farquharson rob.farquharson@oag.texas.gov 5/13/2025 8:53:55 AM SENT 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.

Pauline Sisson on behalf of Abigail Smith Bar No. 24141756 pauline.sisson@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 100749395 Filing Code Description: Letter Filing Description: 20250513 States Ltr to Court re_Oral Argument Status as of 5/13/2025 9:02 AM CST

Associated Case Party: State of Texas

Rob Farquharson rob.farquharson@oag.texas.gov 5/13/2025 8:53:55 AM SENT

Johnathan Stone johnathan.stone@oag.texas.gov 5/13/2025 8:53:55 AM SENT

Ian Bergstrom Ian.Bergstrom@oag.texas.gov 5/13/2025 8:53:55 AM SENT

Abby Smith abby.smith@oag.texas.gov 5/13/2025 8:53:55 AM SENT

Amy Pletscher amy.pletscher@oag.texas.gov 5/13/2025 8:53:55 AM SENT

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