Unique Mica Green v. Texas Funeral Service Commission

Opinion

ACCEPTED 15-25-00149-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 11/6/2025 11:47 AM CASE NO. 15-25-00149-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK FILED IN IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS FOR THE FIFTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN 11/6/2025 11:47:21 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk UNIQUE GREEN Appellant, v.

TEXAS FUNERAL SERVICES COMMISSION Appellee.

APPELLEE’S FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

Appellee Texas Funeral Services Commission, files this motion requesting

an extension of its deadline to file its appellee brief.

This appellate matter concerns an appeal from a final order granting a plea

to the jurisdiction. Appellee’s current deadline for filing its brief w a s October

23, 2025. The Court’s docket indicates that the Notice was emailed, however,

Appellee did not receive it and was unaware until an inquiry of the Court’s

electronic docket on November 4, 2025 revealed the case had been successfully

transferred to the 15th Court of Appeals and that the deadlines had been set. E-

Service of court filings for Movant in this case were directed to an incorrect email

address which appeared on the Notice of Appeal. Appellee requests a 30-day

extension of time to file its brief, thus moving the deadline to November 23,

2025. This is Appellee’s first request for an extension of time, and it is not sought

for the purpose of delay.

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Appellant opposes this motion.

Prayer

For the above reasons, Appellee prays that the Court afford it until

November 23, 2025 to file its brief.

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/ Sherlyn Harper SHERLYN HARPER State Bar No. 24093176 Assistant Attorney General Administrative Law Division Office of the Attorney General of Texas 808 Travis Street, #1520 Houston, Texas 77002 Telephone: (713) 225-8913 Facsimile: (512) 320-0167 sherlyn.harper@oag.texas.gov

Counsel for Appellee, Texas Funeral Services Commission

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CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE The undersigned counsel conferred with Appellant on November 5, 2025 via email in which she indicated that she opposed the motion.

/s/Sherlyn Harper Sherlyn Harper

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on November 6, 2025, a true and correct copy of this document was served upon the following persons via electronic filing service.

Unique Green Greenmica1980@aol.com Appellant

/s/Sherlyn Harper Sherlyn Harper

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.

Catherine Hughes on behalf of Sherlyn Harper Bar No. 24093176 catherine.hughes@oag.texas.gov Envelope ID: 107744344 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: 2025 1106 TFSC mtn to extend brief Status as of 11/6/2025 12:28 PM CST

Associated Case Party: TEXAS FUNERAL SERVICE COMMISSION

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Sherlyn Harper Sherlyn.Harper@oag.texas.gov 11/6/2025 11:47:21 AM SENT

Catherine Hughes catherine.hughes@oag.texas.gov 11/6/2025 11:47:21 AM SENT

Associated Case Party: UniqueMGreen

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Unique Green greenmica1980@aol.com 11/6/2025 11:47:21 AM SENT