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*0 FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk *1 ACCEPTED 15-25-00082-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 5/23/2025 4:28 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE No. 15-25-00082-CV CLERK In the Court of Appeals for the Fifteenth Judicial District Austin, Texas
State of Texas ,
Appellant , v.
ARITY 875, LLC
Appellee. On Appeal from the 457th Judicial District Court, Montgomery County Trial Court Cause No. 25-01-00561 APPE LLANT’S UNOPPOSED FIRST MOTION TO EXTEND TIME
TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF TO THE HONORABLE FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS:
Appellant, State of Texas, (“Appellant”) pursuant to Rule 10.5(b) and 38.6(d)
of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure files this unopposed first motion to extend
time to file Appellant’s brief on the merits by 20 days. Appellant respectfully shows
the Court the following:
1. Appellant’s brief is currently due on June 5, 2025.
2. This is the first request for extension.
3. The undersigned conferred with Appellee’s counsel regarding this motion via email on May 20, 2025, and Appellee confirmed on May 23, 2025, it is unopposed.
4. Appellant asks for this extension to fully prepare its brief.
a. Appellant timely filed its Notice of Appeal on April 30, 2025, in the 457th District Court of Montgomery County.
b. This Court received the trial court’s clerk’s record on May 12, 2025. c. The district clerk re-filed the record on May 14, 2025, due to readability and formatting errors.
d. On May 16, 2025, this Court was notified that no reporter’s record would be filed.
e. On May 22, 2024, Appellant submitted a letter to the Court addressing ongoing readability and formatting issues with the clerk’s record. Appellant is currently in the process resolving these issues to ensure the record is legible for the Court.
f. This request for an extension of time is not made for the purpose of delay, but to permit Appellant time to adequately prepare and submit a thorough brief that is helpful to the Court; no party will be prejudiced if it is granted.
PRAYER
For these reasons, Appellant respectfully requests that its deadline to file
Appellant’s brief be extended by 20 days to June 25, 2025, and for all other relief to
which Appellant may be justly entitled.
Dated: May 23, 2025 Respectfully submitted,
K EN P AXTON /s/ Rick Berlin
Attorney General of Texas R ICK B ERLIN (TX Bar No. 24055161)
R ICHARD M C C UTCHEON (TX Bar No. B RENT W EBSTER 24139547)
First Assistant Attorney General M ADELINE F OGEL (TX Bar No.
24141985)
R ALPH M OLINA D ANIEL Z WART (TX Bar No.
Deputy First Assistant Attorney General 24070906)
K AYLIE B UETTNER (TX Bar No. A USTIN K INGHORN 24109082)
Deputy Attorney General for Civil M EREDITH S PILLANE (TX Bar No.
Litigation 24131685)
Assistant Attorneys General J OHNATHAN S TONE O FFICE OF THE A TTORNEY G ENERAL
Chief, Consumer Protection Division Consumer Protection Division
808 Travis Street, Suite 1520 Houston, Texas 77002 Tel: (713) 223-5886 Fax: (713) 223-5821 Rick.Berlin@oag.texas.gov Richard.McCutcheon@oag.texas.gov Madeline.Fogel@oag.texas.gov Daniel.Zwart@oag.texas.gov Kaylie.Buettner@oag.texas.gov Meredith.Spillane@oag.texas.gov ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT, THE STATE OF TEXAS *4 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE As required by Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 10.1(a)(5), I certify that I have conferred with Kelsey Harclerode, attorney for Appellee Arity 875, LLC, who
indicated that this motion is unopposed.
/s/ Rick Berlin RICK BERLIN CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on May 23, 2025, the foregoing was electronically served, via the
Court’s electronic filing system, on all defendants, by and through their attorneys:
W. Reid Wittliff Jake Sommer
WITTLIFF CUTTER PLLC Kelsey Harclerode
510 Baylor St. ZWILLGEN PLLC
Austin, TX 78703 1900 M Street NW, Suite 250
Tel: (512) 960-4866 Washington, D.C. 20036
Email: reid@wittliffcutter.com Tel: (202) 296-3585
Email: jake@zwillgen.com kelsey@zwillgen.com Sudhir V. Rao ` ZWILLGEN PLLC 183 Madison Ave., Suite 1504 New York, NY 10016 Tel: (646) 362-5590 Email: sudhir.rao@zwillgen.com Attorneys for Defendants /s/ Rick Berlin RICK BERLIN *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.
Zoann Willis on behalf of Richard Berlin
Bar No. 24055161
zoann.willis@oag.texas.gov
Envelope ID: 101230726
Filing Code Description: Motion
Filing Description: 20250523 Motion to Extend Time FINAL
Status as of 5/23/2025 4:33 PM CST
Associated Case Party: State of Texas
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Rick Berlin Rick.Berlin@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT
Daniel Zwart Daniel.Zwart@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT
Kaylie Buettner Kaylie.Buettner@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT
Zoann Willis zoann.willis@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT
Meredith Spillane Meredith.Spillane@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT
Zeilic Contreras Zeilic.Contreras@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT
Carlos Fernandez Carlos.Fernandez@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT
Madeline Fogel madeline.fogel@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT
Richard RMcCutcheon richard.mccutcheon@oag.texas.gov 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT
Case Contacts
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Jonathan Hung johung@winston.com 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT
Eric Shinabarger EShinabarger@winston.com 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT
W. Reid Wittliff reid@wittliffcutter.com 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT
Jake Sommer jake@zwillgen.com 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT
Kelsey Harclerode kelsey@zwillgen.com 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT
Sudhir V. Rao sudhir.rao@zwillgen.com 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT
Sean Wieber swieber@winston.com 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT
Kevin Simpson kpsimpson@winston.com 5/23/2025 4:28:06 PM SENT