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*0 FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 6/24/2025 11:03:57 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk
*1 BEVERLEY MCGREW WALKER DISTRICT CLERK Fort Bend County, Texas ACCELERATED APPEAL
June 24, 2025 To: The Clerk of the Court of Appeals for the Fifteenth Court of Appeals Supreme Judicial District (Civil Appeal) Trial Court No: 25-DCV-328899 From the 240th Judicial District Court Fort Bend County, Texas Judge Presiding: Surendran K. Pattel Court Reporter: Marisol Ramos Appellant(s): PLEASANTON HOUSING FINANCE Appellee(s): CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS; CORPORATION AND THE BOARD MEMBERS OF SIENNA PARKS & LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
VS THE PLEASANTON HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY Attorney for Appellant(s) Attorney For Appellee(s) Daniel J Lecavalier Jordan Marget SBN: 24129028 SBN: 24130447 Chasnoff Stribling LLP Olson & Olson LLP 1020 N.E. Loop 410 Suite 150 2727 Allen Parkway Suite 600 San Antonio Tx 78209 Houston Tx 77019 Telephone: 210-469-4155 Telephone: 713-533-3800 Facsimile: Facsimile: 713-533-3888 E-mail: dlecavalier@chasnoffstribling.com E-mail: jhightower@olsonllp.com Attorney for: PLEASANTON HOUSING FINANCE Attorney for: CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS; SIENNA CORPORATION AND THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE PARKS & LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, Appellee PLEASANTON HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY, Appellant Date of Judgment/Appealable Order : June 9, 2025-Order Nature of Action: Other Civil Granting Temporary Injunction and Setting Case for Trial on the Merits Disposition of Case: Jury Trial: Notice of Appeal Filed On: June 23, 2025 Signed, on this the 24th day of June, 2025 . BEVERLEY MCGREW WALKER, DISTRICT CLERK FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS By: /s/
Deputy District Clerk Ana Alas Telephone: (281) 341-4515
Electronically Filed with the Fifteenth Court of Appeals cc: Jordan Marget
Daniel J Lecavalier Lillian Cashmer J.R. Gallegos Brandon Hicks Robert Leonhardt Joey Macon Zachery Pawelek Harmony Ratterree
ENCLOSURE(S): NOTICE OF ACCELERATED APPEAL Physical Address Mailing Address Phone: (281) 341-4509 1422 Eugene Heimann Circle, Room 31004 301 Jackson Street, Room 101 Fax: (281) 341-4519 Richmond, Texas 77469 Richmond, Texas 77469 *2 Filed
6/23/2025 9:53 PM
Beverley McGrew Walker District Clerk Fort Bend County, Texas Ana Alas
CAUSE NO. 25-DCV-328899
CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS & § IN THE DISTRICT COURT SIENNA PARKS & LEVEE § IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, §
§ Plaintiffs , § § v. § § FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS PLEASANTON HOUSING FINANCE § CORPORATION AND THE BOARD § MEMBERS OF THE PLEASANTON § HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, § IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES, §
§ Defendants . § 240TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NOTICE OF ACCELERATED APPEAL
Pursuant to Rules 25.1 and 28.1 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, Defendants Pleasanton Housing Finance Corporation and the Board Members of the Pleasanton Housing Finance Corporation, In Their Official Capacity (“ Pleasanton HFC ”) states their desire to appeal the interlocutory Order Granting Temporary Injunction, signed on June 9, 2025, in City of Missouri City, Texas & Sienna Parks & Levee Improvement District v. Pleasanton Housing Finance Corporation and The Board Members of the Pleasanton Housing Finance Corporation, In Their Official Capacities , Cause No. 25-DCV-328899, in the 240 th Judicial District Court, Fort Bend County, Texas. Defendants appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Fifteenth District of Texas, sitting in Austin, Texas.
This appeal is accelerated under Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 28.1(a) and Section 51.014(a)(4) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code and is not “a parental termination or 6/24/2025 AA *3 child protection case or an appeal from an order certifying a child to stand trial as an adult, as defined in Rule 28.4.” T EX . R. A PP . P. 25.1(d)(6).
This appeal involves a matter: “(A) brought by or against the state or a board, commission, department, office, or other agency in the executive branch of the state government, including a university system or institution of higher education; (B) brought by or against an officer or employee of the state or a board, commission, department, office, or other agency in the executive branch of the state government arising out of that officer’s or employee’s official conduct; or (C) in which a party to the proceeding challenges the constitutionality or validity of a state statute or rule and the attorney general is a party to the case.” T EX . R. A PP . P. 25.1(d)(9). Dated: June 23, 2025 Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Daniel J. Lecavalier Blake W. Stribling Texas Bar No. 24070691 Daniel J. Lecavalier Texas Bar No. 24129028 C HASNOFF | S TRIBLING , LLP 1020 N.E. Loop 410, Suite 150 San Antonio, Texas 78209 Telephone: 210-469-4155 Email: bstribling@chasnoffstribling.com Email: dlecavalier@chasnoffstribling.com Counsel for Defendants Pleasanton Housing Finance Corporation and The Board Members of The Pleasanton Housing Finance Corporation
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
*4 I certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been served in compliance with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure on this 23 rd day of June 2025, to the following counsel of record: John J. Hightower Joel Cleveland Allison S. Killian Muller Law Group Jordan Marget 202 Century Square Blvd O LSON & O LSON , L.L.P. Sugar Land TX 77478 2727 Allen Parkway, Suite 600 joel@mullerlawgroup.com Houston, Texas 77019 (281) 500-6050 – Office jhightower@olsonllp.com (281) 277-8207 – Fax akillian@olsonllp.com jmarget@olsonllp.com (713) 533-3800 Telephone (713) 533-3888 Fax Counsel for Plaintiffs City of Missouri City, Texas and Sienna Parks & Levee Improvement District
/s/ Daniel J. Lecavalier Daniel J. Lecavalier
3 *5 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. Rachel Feltner on behalf of Daniel Lecavalier Bar No. 24129028 rfeltner@chasnoffstribling.com Envelope ID: 102330743 Filing Code Description: Notice of Appeal Filing Description: Notice of Accelerated Appeal Status as of 6/24/2025 8:57 AM CST Associated Case Party: City of Missouri City, Texas Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status John Hightower 9614200 jhightower@olsonllp.com 6/23/2025 9:53:23 PM SENT Allison Killian 24099785 akillian@olsonllp.com 6/23/2025 9:53:23 PM SENT E. Joyce Iyamu ejiyamu@missouricitytx.gov 6/23/2025 9:53:23 PM SENT Jordan Marget 24130447 jmarget@olsonllp.com 6/23/2025 9:53:23 PM SENT Associated Case Party: Pleasanton Housing Finance Corporation Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Kim Decker kdecker@chasnoffstribling.com 6/23/2025 9:53:23 PM SENT Rachel Feltner rfeltner@chasnoffstribling.com 6/23/2025 9:53:23 PM SENT Christopher Schluter cschluter@chasnoffstribling.com 6/23/2025 9:53:23 PM SENT Daniel Lecavalier 24129028 dlecavalier@chasnoffstribling.com 6/23/2025 9:53:23 PM SENT Julie Whitson jwhitson@chasnoffstribling.com 6/23/2025 9:53:23 PM SENT Blake W.Stribling bstribling@chasnoffstribling.com 6/23/2025 9:53:23 PM SENT Associated Case Party: Sienna Parks & Levee Improvement District Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Joel Cleveland Joel@mullerlawgroup.com 6/23/2025 9:53:23 PM SENT